CROSSBOW ASSASSIN INVADES PALACE!

Captured while hunting for queen, 95

PANICKED palace officials ratcheted up security to the highest level ever after a brazen attempt to assassinate 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth in her own home, The National ENQUIRER has learned!

"The royals are terrified Her Majesty is in the crosshairs of revenge-seekers like this apparent assailant and anti-royalists who want the monarchy disbanded," revealed a high-level courtier.

"Those sickos want her to be Britain's last queen, and it's horrifying to think someone is trying to hurry it along!"

The botched Christmas Day bloodbath was the brutal brainchild of crossbow-wielding teenager Jaswant Singh Chail, police said.

At 8:06 Christmas morning, the 19-year-old posted a prerecorded video of a masked, hooded man holding a black hunting weapon.