Security breach at Buckingham Palace: report
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
A royal chauffeur allowed two undercover journalists into Buckingham Palace for cash and allowed one of them to sit in Queen Elizabeth II's Bentley car, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
The News of the World tabloid said the security breach took place after two of its journalists, posing as wealthy businessmen from the Middle East, paid a chauffeur STG1000 ($2030).
The Bentley is used to drive the queen on state occasions. A spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace said: "Any security matter is taken very seriously and we will look into these allegations".
The apparent breach would not be the first time security at Buckingham Palace has been violated in recent years.
In 2003, a journalist from the Daily Mirror newspaper got a job as a footman there with a false reference, allowing him access to the queen's breakfast table and the bedroom where then US president George W Bush and his wife were due to stay on a state visit.
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