Boy surrenders wooden rifle to police so he can meet the Queen/telegraph Jacob Young said he handed in the wooden weapon so he could see the Queen without giving her or her bodyguards any cause for concern.
He said: "When I got to the park gates I handed my gun to the policeman and he hung it on the fence.
"I didn't want anybody to think I wanted to shoot the Queen. I didn't mind handing in my gun. I knew it would be safe with the police."
Jacob, of March, Cambridgeshire, had been walking with his parents in nearby woods and was wearing a green beret, camouflage clothing and boots.
His father, John, 48, said: "We thought we would go and see the Queen, but I told Jacob he wouldn't be allowed to take his gun into the park.
"We could see they were very hot on security and thought there would be no funny looks or any problems if we just handed the gun in."
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