A man arrested after he was found in the grounds of Buckingham Palace earlier Wednesday was released on bail to return on a date in February, Scotland Yard said.

The 27-year-old was understood to be a drunken prank and not terrorist-related, according to a Sky News report.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said police responded immediately to an alert triggered by an alarm system within the palace grounds earlier Wednesday morning.

"A short while later a man was found at the perimeter wall," he said.

The arrest came after Daily Mirror reporter Ryan Parry last month disclosed he had posed as a footman at Buckingham Palace during the build-up to the state visit by US President George W. Bush.

Parry's story then prompted British Prime Minister Tony Blair to order a full-scale review of royal security.

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