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."

[Rebelbase]

“and the King laughed because he had two”

Charles isn’t king yet because he doesn’t have any.

[bgill]

Don’t leave your nuts out to be grabbed by any and all. Problem solved.

[Sybeck1]

What wer they? Cashews? Filberts? Toes?

[Romulus]

It’s her home. Does she have to keep everything under lock and key under her own roof? How would you like it if your maid/cook/gardner/handyman helped himself to your stuff? Or maybe because the Queen is rich she is therefore not entitled to the common decency everyone else can expect? Maybe it’s OK if the help pilfer her light bulbs and toilet paper too?

[Rebelbase]

That’s the kind of squirrel hawks and owls dream about.

[DoughtyOne]

LOL, yes... Very good.

[Timocrat]

Headline in the "Sun" newspaper.

Porcine pilferers plunder potentates private pistachios

[Robert Teesdale]

It’s her home. Does she have to keep everything under lock and key under her own roof? How would you like it if your maid/cook/gardner/handyman helped himself to your stuff? Or maybe because the Queen is rich she is therefore not entitled to the common decency everyone else can expect? Maybe it’s OK if the help pilfer her light bulbs and toilet paper too?

Not only that, but for those who are in service in such proximity to the Sovereign and presumably vetted for character, it is additionally disgraceful to engage in such conduct. I would think that conservatives would understand, appreciate and embrace the most critical concept at stake here that underpins our entire ideological foundation:

If it is not yours, you are not entitled to take it.

Disappointing to see envious advocacy of wealth redistribution here, whether it's in via government sanctioned confiscation or individual theft.

[tumblindice]

“I say yer Majesty, we’re bloody sorry! It seems like we et up all your peanuts, gorry goblimey.”
The Beefeaters

“Tha’s OK boys, bless you. I awready gummed-off the chocolate.”
Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Not As Good As the First But Not Bad, All Things Considered

[Constitution Day]

Porcine pilferers plunder potentates private pistachios

Precisely put!

[AloisiusRevenge]

Aloisius has been a very naughty boy again in liberating the Queen’s own Nuts.

[DoughtyOne]

Yeah, could be.

[RichInOC]

“Who ate all the nuts?
“Who ate all the nuts?
“You fat bastards, you fat bastards, you ate all the nuts.”

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Yeah, I caught the totally politically-incorrect reference to Brazil nuts.

[hattend]

Is taking a few of the Queen’s nuts like poaching the King’s deer?

Robin Hood would be facepalming right about now.

[the scotsman]

The British don’t eat twinkies.

Sensible people.