Our probe began less than two months after police vowed royal security had been tightened following “comedy terrorist” Aaron Barschak’s gatecrashing of Prince William’s 21st birthday at Windsor Castle. It began last August when I applied for a job as a royal footman advertised on a recruitment page of the Buckingham Palace official website. And despite the false credentials I gave to secure my job as the Queen’s footman, I had complete access to the room the US will use as an operations centre. The American CIA were even said to have carried out their own checks on all palace staff. A footman told me shortly after I arrived: “The uniform is your right of passage.

Source: Daily Mirror November 30, 2018 15:11 UTC