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| ENGLAND: Queen's private rooms 'were swept for bugs' |
| 2008-02-13 |
| The Queen's private meeting rooms at Buckingham Palace were regularly swept for bugs by the security services, the inquest has been told. Gee, she gets top secret briefings from BOTH the PM and the FM, and they're worried about bugs. Who would have guessed? Bugging of the Royal Family has remained a focus throughout the inquest hearing in to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Piffle. Lord Fellowes, the highest ranking royal aide to appear at the inquest to date, insisted that the checks were only made to provide "reassurance". The peer - who was at the Queen's side for 22 years - was asked by Ian Burnett QC, counsel to the inquest, whether the threat of eavesdropping was a concern at the palace. He replied: "I wouldn't say it was a constant preoccupation but yes, we needed reassurance at regular intervals that there was no bugging going on." The court has already heard that the Princess called in specialists to sweep her apartments at Kensington Palace for bugs amid fears she was under surveillance in the years before her death. The Princess at one stage told a friend that she thought Mohamed Fayed was bugging her on his luxury yacht, the inquest has heard. |
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