Newspaper reporter infiltrates staff, puts chocolates on presidential pillow
LONDON - A British newspaper reporter infiltrated Buckingham Palace ahead of U.S. President George W. Bush's state visit, using a fake reference to get job on the royal staff, and was assigned to serve members of Bush's party in an embarrassing breach of security revealed today.
The Daily Mirror reporter said he quit the royal staff the night before he was to bring breakfast to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice on their first morning at the palace.
The Mirror splashed the headline 'Intruder' in big, red letters across its front page today with a photo of its reporter, Ryan Parry, standing on a Buckingham Palace balcony.
Bush - who arrived Tuesday in London for a state visit and is staying at the palace as a guest of the Queen - was informed of the breach Wednesday morning.
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