Apparently unable to find a weapon with which to fire them, a man threw shotgun shells at Buckingham Palace four days before King Charles III’s coronation, the BBC reports. The man was detained, and security officers carried out a controlled explosion of material thrown at the building.
Officials say the unnamed man was having a mental health episode when he drove up to the Palace and threw the cartridges. The King and Queen Consort were not at the Palace at the time of the incident, which happened around 7 p.m. local time Tuesday.