King Charles and Queen Camilla experienced a security scare during their royal trip to Jersey, part of a two-day visit to the Channel Islands.
According to a report from The Telegraph, the royal couple was swiftly removed from an event and taken to a nearby hotel after a potential threat was detected.
During the engagement, the couple was enjoying some ice cream when they were suddenly escorted away. Eamon Fenlon, who served Camilla the ice cream, recounted to The Telegraph that she vanished in the brief moment he turned around to get some for himself.
“Some of the other people told me it was a drone but whether that’s official or not I don’t know,” Fenlon said. Other attendees echoed the drone rumor, but The Telegraph’s reporting suggests it was unfounded.
Matt Wilkinson, the royal editor for The Sun, shared a video on X (formerly Twitter) showing the moment Camilla was guided away from the ice cream van by several security personnel.
Another witness, Matt Taylor, recounted speaking to King Charles when security intervened, saying a guard “grabbed” him and firmly stated that Charles “has to go, now.”
Despite the initial alarm, security quickly assessed the situation and deemed it a “false alarm,” allowing Charles and Camilla to resume their original schedule.
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In related news, on Sunday, King Charles sent a private letter to former President Donald Trump via the United Kingdom’s embassy in Washington. Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the letter’s contents.
This followed an incident on Saturday evening where Trump was grazed by a bullet during a rally ahead of the upcoming presidential election.
While photos showed the former president with blood on his face, he was not seriously injured. Experts indicated that had Trump not turned his head at the exact moment, the bullet could have been fatal.
The gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed on the scene. Spectator Corey Comperatore also lost his life, and two others were injured but are currently in stable condition.
