A 29-year-old man has been charged after climbing onto the clock tower of Big Ben, Metropolitan Police said.
Daniel Day, of Palmerston Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, has been charged with intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance and trespassing on a protected site.
Day is accused of scaling Elizabeth Tower barefoot at around 7.20am on Saturday, and came down just after midnight on Sunday.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
