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16/06/2005
Newspaper journalist sparks Sandhurst security review
A review of security at the prestigious Sandhurst military academy, attended by Prince Harry, has been ordered after a newspaper reporter was able to gain access with a ‘fake bomb’.
According to a report in today’s edition of ‘The Sun’ newspaper, one of their reporters spent seven hours in the academy, where Prince Harry is training as an officer cadet.
According to the Sun’s article, the reporter gained access by posing as a student wishing to use the academy’s library. During his time there, he returned to his car to construct a fake bomb, using wires, plasticine, a battery and a clock - and apparently carried it around with him.
The reporter also managed to get close enough to Prince Harry to film him with a video camera and claimed to have also gained access to the soldiers’ accommodation quarters.
However, a spokesperson for Clarence House said that they had reviewed the video footage and did not believe that it was the Prince in the footage.
The Sun article claimed that the reporter was challenged by a solider and a policeman, but was still allowed to remain at Sandhurst.
Commenting on the security breach, Defence Secretary John Reid said: “I have demanded an immediate investigation into this serious security breach. I have instructed Sandhurst to change their procedures to prevent a recurrence.”
A Ministry of Defence spokesperson confirmed that a review of security at Sandhurst was being carried out and that any necessary changes would be made. The spokesperson said that any breach of security was taken “extremely seriously”.
The security breach is the latest of several incidents involving the Royal Family.
In June 2003, self-styled ‘comedy terrorist’ Aaron Barschak gatecrashed Prince William’s 21st birthday party, dressed as Osama bin Laden.
A reporter for the ‘Mirror’ newspaper also managed to evade security checks to get a job as a footman in Buckingham Palace and campaigners dressed as superheroes from the ‘Fathers 4 Justice’ group also managed to gain access to the palace grounds.
(KMcA/SP)
According to a report in today’s edition of ‘The Sun’ newspaper, one of their reporters spent seven hours in the academy, where Prince Harry is training as an officer cadet.
According to the Sun’s article, the reporter gained access by posing as a student wishing to use the academy’s library. During his time there, he returned to his car to construct a fake bomb, using wires, plasticine, a battery and a clock - and apparently carried it around with him.
The reporter also managed to get close enough to Prince Harry to film him with a video camera and claimed to have also gained access to the soldiers’ accommodation quarters.
However, a spokesperson for Clarence House said that they had reviewed the video footage and did not believe that it was the Prince in the footage.
The Sun article claimed that the reporter was challenged by a solider and a policeman, but was still allowed to remain at Sandhurst.
Commenting on the security breach, Defence Secretary John Reid said: “I have demanded an immediate investigation into this serious security breach. I have instructed Sandhurst to change their procedures to prevent a recurrence.”
A Ministry of Defence spokesperson confirmed that a review of security at Sandhurst was being carried out and that any necessary changes would be made. The spokesperson said that any breach of security was taken “extremely seriously”.
The security breach is the latest of several incidents involving the Royal Family.
In June 2003, self-styled ‘comedy terrorist’ Aaron Barschak gatecrashed Prince William’s 21st birthday party, dressed as Osama bin Laden.
A reporter for the ‘Mirror’ newspaper also managed to evade security checks to get a job as a footman in Buckingham Palace and campaigners dressed as superheroes from the ‘Fathers 4 Justice’ group also managed to gain access to the palace grounds.
(KMcA/SP)
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