and he was an ejector seat test pilot. so really quite strange. but he then ended up staying the night there and in the morning, the officers of this unit made some calls and found out he wasn t really a priest and had the police come over and they actually escorted him off the premises. clearly a big security breach and not the first close to home for the royals. yes at christmas there was a man found wielding a cross bow in the grounds of windsor castle. that a little bit more worrying than this. but the truth is it shows if they can t keep their own security, as some people say, then these are the guys that are responsible for safeguarding the queen. they re only 500 metres from windsor castle. now, the army said take security incredibly seriously and they have launched an investigation. but they have still come in for criticism over this. thank you, charlie.
the army says it s carrying out an investigation after reports that an intruder had spent the night in a barracks with royal guardsmen close to windsor castle. the security breach occured a week ago, when the queen was at sandringham for easter. joining me with more details is our correspondent, charlie haynes. what happened ? what happened? it is a strange story, something i do not think anyone expected. this man saying he was a priest turned up at victoria barracks where the coldstream guards with the large bearskin helmet sit. he said he was a friend of the chaplain of the unit. they invited him in, he had dinnerand drinks chaplain of the unit. they invited him in, he had dinner and drinks and was regaling them with stories which started about being in the iraq war. they got to things as extravagant as telling them he had g force resistant organs planted and was an ejector seat test pilot. quite strange. he ended up staying the night and in the morning, the