Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 6, 1994 TAG: 9402060091
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LONDON LENGTH: Short
James Miller, who staged a similar prank at a Las Vegas boxing match last year, was hauled off to jail soon after he landed his propeller-driven parachute. He faced six charges of violating public order and air regulations, police said.
Queen Elizabeth II wasn't home and missed the spectacle as Miller set down on her roof, stripped off his pants and revealed he was painted green from the waist down. Police said he ran toward a flag pole above the entrance to the palace and taunted them.
He was unarmed, and no member of the royal family was in danger, Scotland Yard said.
Police spotted Miller as he flew along the River Thames, then down The Mall, the broad, tree-lined avenue between Trafalgar Square and the palace.
He circled above the palace before landing on a roof, they said.
Miller, 30, interrupted the Evander Holyfield-Riddick Bowe heavyweight title bout at Las Vegas on Nov. 6 by floating into the open-air arena on a paraglider. He was charged with a misdemeanor.
by CNB