Remarkably, only after he had eaten breakfast in the mess the following morning – 16 hours later – were concerns raised about his real identity. The man, who is understood to suffer from mental health issues, then spent hours drinking with senior members of the guards before being invited to stay the night in the plush officers’ mess. In one of the most shocking security blunders at a UK military base in years, the intruder was ushered inside the Coldstream Guards headquarters without showing any identification. A fantasist was welcomed inside a barracks just yards from Windsor Castle by guards protecting the Queen – after he pretended to be a priest.
