Police have charged a man for allegedly climbing a Buckingham Palace gate.

Daniel Sheehan, aged 21 and of no fixed address, was charged on Saturday (October 8) with two counts of trespass.

It comes after a man allegedly climbed a gate at Buckingham Palace shortly before 1.45pm on Friday (October 7).

Mr Sheehan will appear in custody on Monday (October 10) at Westminster Magistrates Court.

A police search found the trespasser was not in possession of any offensive weapons.

The Met has not said if the Queen was at the palace at the time.

A mas was also arrested for climbing over a wall in May at the palace.

It later emerged the man, Dennis Hennessy from Wembley, was a a convicted murderer .

He then walked around the gardens for around 10 minutes towards the Palace, where the Queen was in residence with the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of York, before being arrested by armed police.

He told police he was "admiring" the Royal gardens and asked police when he was arrested: "Is Ma’am in?"

He had been in the grounds for seven minutes.

Hennessey pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to one count of trespass on a protected site and one count of criminal damage, and was jailed for four months.