Hacking trial: Police 'told to leave Queen's nuts'

BBC News ^ | 12/12/13 | BBC

[NormsRevenge]

The Queen marked the level in bowls of nuts left around Buckingham Palace as she was "irritated" by police officers eating them, the Old Bailey has heard.

According to an email sent by Clive Goodman, ex-royal editor at the News of the World, she was "upset" by it.

The journalist added that a memo was sent to palace officers, telling them to "keep their sticky fingers out".

The phone-hacking jury has also heard one of the defendants, Ian Edmondson, is no longer fit to stand trial.

Mr Justice Saunders said that it was "not appropriate to adjourn to wait for his recovery" and discharged the jury from reaching a verdict in his case.

In the email to former NoW editor Andy Coulson, which Mr Goodman also had sent to himself, he wrote: "Problem is that police on patrol eat the lot... memo now gone around to all palace cops telling them to keep their sticky fingers out."

'Eat the lot'

The email continued: "Queen furious about police stealing bowls of nuts and nibbles left out for her in apartments in the BP/Queen's corridor. She has a very savoury tooth and staff leave out cashews, Bombay Mix, almonds etc. Prob is that police on patrol eat the lot."

[Cowboy Bob]

If the Queen had nuts, she’d be the King!

[NormsRevenge]

The court heard the Queen was "upset" by the officers' behaviour

[JoeDetweiler]

Eh, like my Dad, she’s pushing 90. And like my Dad, she’s starting to get a little....eccentric. You gotta make allowances....

[Yorlik803]

and the King laughed because he had two

[humblegunner]

No touching the royal junk.

[DoughtyOne]

Exactly. Good grief...

Another slow news day.

[Red Badger]

I always knew that Buckingham Palace was full of nuts..................

[apillar]

I can see her point. I don't like strangers putting their dirty hands all over my nuts either....(no double entendre intended)

[Red Badger]

I’d be upset, too if someone was pilfering MY nuts!..................

[Red Badger]

I think I've found the nut thief!................

[Red Badger]

[Mmogamer]

Shes a millionaire a dozen times over, so buy a bushel.

[DoughtyOne]

Now that’s a heft squirrel. LOL

[KarlInOhio]

Here's a sketch of the suspect.

[TYVets]

Has the Queen said anything about the frozen strawberries?(/s)

[dfwgator]

Sometimes you feel like a nut.....sometimes you don’t....

[dfwgator]

telling them to "keep their sticky fingers out".

Or else they'll be exiled on Main Street.

[SaxxonWoods]

She’s causing much less problems than Royals have in the past. Let it go.

[southernnorthcarolina]

In addition to stashes of cashews, Bombay Mix, and almonds scattered about Buckingham Palace, the Queen also laid in a huge supply of Twinkies, guarding against the possibility that they might not have be made again after the bankruptcy of Hostess, Inc.

Here she is in the Royal Pantry, inventorying her personal supply:

Hmm? What? Those aren't Twinkies, but gold bars? Oh. Never mind, then.