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Chatbot Urged Crossbow-Wielding ‘Star Wars’ Fan ‘Darth Jones’ to Kill Queen

LUCKILY, THE FORCE WASN’T WITH HIM

The masked man spent two hours on the Windsor Castle estate on Christmas Day 2021. When a police officer who asked him, “Can I help you?” he replied, “I’m here to kill the queen.”

Tom Sykes
Tom Sykes 

European Editor at Large

Jaswant Singh Chail wanted to kill Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle and said a treasonous chatbot urged him to do it.
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Tom Sykes

Tom Sykes

European Editor at Large

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