A Royal Disgrace: Accused Royal Guard Throws Light On Murky Buckingham Palace Happenings

by Tanya on  July 03, 2009 at 10:56 AM Lifestyle News
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A former royal protection officer has laid allegations against his colleagues who, reportedly, played poker and traded pornography while working at Buckingham Palace. The man himself has been accused of being involved in a 3-million-pound betting and property scam.

Paul Page, 38, of Granville Road, Chafford Hundred, Grays, Essex, is said to have allegedly cheated colleagues and others out of their life savings.

Page, who describes his job as an "easy life", denies fraudulent trading, intimidation and threatening to take revenge on a victim who spoke to police between January 1 2003 and March 30 2007.

His wife Laura, 42, was acquitted on June 26 of charges she originally faced in connection with the case.

During his opening defence at Southwark Crown Court today, Page, a father-of-five, revealed that officers in the royal protection command could earn 50,000-60,000 pounds a year with overtime "for doing very little".

Shifts involved two hours on post, followed by at least an hour off post.

"You didn't work for a living. That is the bottom line," the Telegraph quoted him as saying.

"You have got time to study... There was one officer and he did sell porn. He used to get it from Holland, bring it back and sell it to officers while on duty.

"Everyone knew about it but no one would say anything. Officers were running poker games for money in down time. If people want to do that that is fair enough but senior officers let it go," he said.

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