Police Mistake Prince Andrew for an Intruder at Buckingham Palace

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Maggie Lange

09/08/13 12:05PM

Filed to: Mistaken Identity

There was a rollicking madcap case of mistaken identity in the gardens of Buckingham Palace this Wednesday as British police officers mistook Prince Andrew for an intruder.

The guard reports that no weapons were drawn during the confrontation, though the Sunday Express published the scintillating headline: "WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Prince Andrew held at gunpoint in Buckingham Palace terror." Perhaps recounting the script from a film of their imagining, they wrote that the Prince was told, "put your hands up and get on the ground."

According to the police statement, two officers approached Prince Andrew at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in order "to verify his identity." In the report, they mention, "the man was satisfactorily identified."

The Prince is a Duke and the Queen's second son. He has an apartment and an office in Buckingham Palace. It is his cherished homestead, his place of work, and the location of his birth.

"It's fair to say that to describe the Duke as unhappy and the two officers as highly embarrassed is the biggest understatement of the century," said a source.

The police were most likely on edge, as a man was arrested two days earlier inside the palace on suspicion of burglary.

Prince Andrew says he's "grateful" for the apology from the officers. The Duke said that the police certainly have a difficult job, keeping the palace gardens free from sneak-thieves and ne'er-do-wells. He was very understanding that sometimes they "get it wrong." Everyone is only human, thought Prince Andrew, even humans who try to arrest you in your home.

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HashTagYoloisback Maggie Lange 09/08/13 02:54PM

He has an apartment and an office in Buckingham Palace. It is his cherished homestead, his place of work, and the location of his birth.

Oh god, he lives with his mom in the same house that he was born in and does nothing useful or important all day?

If one of us pulled this, we'd be fucking killed simply by power of social scorn and shunning. This guy does it and nobody bats an eyelid. This is what's wrong with society. Some poor unemployed and depressed nerd/ette gets isolated and mocked for living in their mom's basement, while this rich asshole gets invited to great parties and people bow and scrape before him when he does pretty much the same thing. What the hell is wrong with people?

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pdxwhy HashTagYoloisback 09/08/13 05:04PM

He was actually was a bit of bad assed naval officer (excluding the vanity titles, the man has a very good military reputation) and turned out be a very good trade rep for The UK Investment forum. He has a house of his own but hey- he's a Prince and is entitled to live at the Palace.

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pdxwhy pdxwhy 09/08/13 05:06PM

PS: HE also has incredibly poor taste in friends and prolly still has a passion for Sarah, which is not wise.

freetogoodownder HashTagYoloisback 09/08/13 05:16PM

At least he wasn`t wandering around in his dressing gown and slippers. Or was he?

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tedmaul71 pdxwhy 09/08/13 08:14PM

Over here in the UK,and in this over privileged idiots case, "Trade Rep" is actually a euphemism for" Scumbag Arms Dealer"

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Eldritch Maggie Lange 09/08/13 12:18PM

The two members of the police force have been identified as Officer Blackadder and Officer Baldrick. Police Chief Melchett has assured the public they have been reassigned. Please submit all further inquiries to Chief Melchett's assistant, Mr. Darling.

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eleaq Eldritch 09/08/13 01:08PM

I have a cunning plan....

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Pöòt Maggie Lange 09/08/13 12:07PM

"Stop, old chap! Or we'll say 'Stop' again!"

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BuffDrinklot Pöòt 09/08/13 12:13PM

"Don't make us chase you Benny Hill-style!"

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psychomagnet BuffDrinklot 09/08/13 12:23PM

Once the Queen dies I assume the security guards will all be young topless women.

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zxde psychomagnet 09/08/13 12:29PM

If Prince Harry becomes king, then definitely. (Her out surviving both Charles and William isn't out of the question.)

Magister Maggie Lange 09/08/13 03:11PM

Only tangentially related, but because Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York has lived together off and on since their divorce (for the children), I pulled-up her Wikipedia to see if that's still the case.

My goal was to make a joke about how the palace guards could be keeping away her daughter's suitors, but instead I discovered that Sarah is wanted in Turkey for violating the privacy of orphans, while filming them being mistreated for a documentary show.