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Protesters Scale Roof on Buckingham Palace Grounds

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(LONDON) — Two men involved in a fathers’ rights group scaled a roof of a building on the Buckingham Palace grounds on Sunday.

The men climbed onto the roof of the Queens Gallery, a public art gallery on the Buckingham Palace grounds that has a separate entrance from the residence itself.

The Queen and Prince Philip were not at the palace on Sunday.

The men are a part of the fathers’ rights group Fathers For Justice.

The activists claimed to have breached security by creating a distraction and climbing a ladder, according to the group. One member told British television station ITV over the phone that it was “easy” and he could “have gone further.”

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said that security was being handled by Scotland Yard and the palace had no further comment.

There have been several security lapses at Buckingham Palace over the years, including one in 2004 also involving a fathers’ rights protest, during which a man in a Batman costume climbed the facade of the Palace.

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