One of the Queen’s guards at Windsor Castle has been arrested for being an illegal immigrant.
The soldier concerned had even taken part in the Trooping of the Colour in front of the Royal family last month before his true identity emerged by chance, following a car crash.
Originally from an African country belonging to the Commonwealth, he is believed to have joined the Army using a false name.
Once accepted in the 1st Battalion Irish Guards he was trained as a marksman and given lessons in grenade throwing, use of a rocket launcher, and using the Army radio system.
A senior military officer said: ‘This is a blunder of unparalleled proportions. For an illegal immigrant to gain membership of any Army regiment is unbelievable when you consider the potential damage an enemy could do there.
‘But to be accepted into a Guards regiment, and therefore to have such close proximity to the monarch, is nothing short of a scandal.’
Buckingham Palace officials are understood to be ‘extremely unhappy’ about the security blunder.
A source said: ‘There have been Royal security breaches in the past but to find out the problem came from within the Queen’s personal guard is astonishing.’
The soldier, who has been named only as Guardsman Kapinga, signed up last November, and went through rigorous training at Catterick in North Yorkshire before joining the guards this summer.
Wearing the famous red tunic and busby of the guards, he then carried out sentry duties at Windsor Castle.
Kapinga is understood to have been living in Britain under forged documents when he was recruited, although no problems were spotted at that stage.
Following a car accident on Monday, however, he was arrested by Hampshire police and found to have a number of aliases.
A military source said: ‘This is incredibly embarrassing. Clearly the vetting procedure was not as thorough as it should have been.’
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What the fuck! Are you really tellin’ us this guy was an “irish guard”? I think I’d prefer a provo instead!