Royals take action against Mirror reporter
The Royal family has announced that it is taking legal action against the Daily Mirror and reporter Ryan Parry.
Mr Parry was employed for two months at Buckingham Palace as a royal footman. He produced false references to secure his post and exposed palace secrets in a series of articles in the newspaper.
The 26-year-old reporter now faces a civil action, which will be brought in the name of the Attorney General and not the Queen as she is head of the legislature.
A spokesman for the Palace said: “We will be asking the High Court to restrain the newspaper and Mr Parry from further publication of information in breach of the duty of confidence he owes to his former employer.”
Reports suggest that Mr Parry may have signed a confidentiality agreement when he joined the palace staff.
The government has now ordered a review of security around the Royal family.
Mr Parry claimed in his reports that, had he been a terrorist, he could have gained access to assassinate US president George Bush and poison the Queen’s food.
