The Boy Jones was the first of many to breach royal security
Queen Victoria’s stalker was one of earliest in a long history of royal security breaches:
In December the Duchess of Cornwall was hit by a protester on a student fees demo Photo: AP
By Victoria Ward 2:25PM GMT 01 Feb 2011
1837: A drunken silversmith who wanted to meet Queen Victoria waited for her outside her bedroom, eventually falling asleep in the room next door.
1838: Edward Jones broke into Buckingham Palace at least three times.
1974: Princess Anne and her then husband, Mark Phillips, escaped an abduction attempt as they drove along the Mall.
1981: Marcus Sarjeant, 17, fired six blank shots at the Queen as she rode along the Mall during the Trooping the Colour ceremony.
1982: Michael Fagan broke into the Queen's bedroom at Buckingham Palace. She woke to find him sitting on her bed.
1989: Michael Crook tried to talk to the Queen near the stables at Buckingham Palace.
1990: Stephen Goulding broke into palace grounds, claiming he was Prince Andrew.
1992: Kevin McMahon was arrested inside the grounds for the second time in a week.
1993: A former Clapham cabbie, who claimed to be Queen Victoria's grandson, entered St James's Palace, home to Princess Alexandra, and drank a glass of whiskey before being removed.
1993: Anti-nuclear protesters scaled the walls of Buckingham Palace and held a sit-down protest on the lawn.
1994: James Miller circled Buckingham Palace three times in a paraglider before landing on roof and exposing his genitals.
1994: Security at St James's Palace was described as "abysmal", following a break-in at the Prince of Wales's apartment. Cufflinks given to Prince Charles by the then Camilla Parker Bowles were stolen.
1995: Student John Gillard rammed the gates of Buckingham Palace in his car at 50mph.
1997: An absconded mental health patient wandered the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
2000: Australian author Brett De La Mare paraglided into the Palace forecourt.
2002: A drunken reveller entered St James' Palace late at night and reportedly knocked on Princess Anne's door, asking for directions to Victoria station. He was arrested before anyone could answer.
2003: A Daily Mirror reporter spent two months working undercover as a footman at Buckingham Palace.
2003: Aaron Barschak broke into Prince William's 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle.
2003: A 27-year-old man was arrested in the grounds of Buckingham Palace after climbing a wall.
2004: Jason Hatch, a Fathers 4 Justice campaigner dressed as Batman, unfurled a banner on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
2004: Michael Hammond conned his way into Windsor Castle by posing as a senior Scotland Yard detective. He was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
2005: Journalists working for the Sun newspaper drove a van carrying a fake bomb into the grounds of Windsor Castle, days before the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles.
2009: A royal chauffeur was suspended after he allegedly allowed undercover reporters posing as Middle Eastern businessmen into the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
2010: The Duchess of Cornwall was hit by a protester on a student fees demo after the car she was travelling in with the Prince of Wales came under attack.
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