A member of Queen Elizabeth's household staff was arrested at the Royal Mews in London after authorities learned he had been stealing from Buckingham Palace. The unnamed worker, who had been serving the Queen for six years, apparently took significant items to sell on eBay.
It's apparently not unusual for items to go missing in Buckingham Palace. However, the thief reportedly took a few pieces of value that could not be dismissed.
Among these items were the Companion of the Order of Bath medal belonging to the Master of the Household, a picture frame with the insignia of Prince Harry, some handcrafted Smythson stationery and a pair of glasses with royal engraving. A source told Daily Mail that the theft of the medal was most astonishing since it's a very personal item.
Items apparently started disappearing at Buckingham Palace early this year. The Royal Household then reported the theft to the police who conducted the investigations. Later, the police discovered the existence of an eBay listing with many of the missing items.
Scotland Yard said that the arrested staff often posted his visits to the royal palaces on his social media. He also claimed he was invited to the weddings of Prince Harry and Meghan, as well as Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooskbank in 2018.
The 37-year-old man is currently out on bail but the investigations will continue. A relative apparently could not believe that the man would steal since it's out of character.
Meanwhile, a different kind of stealing apparently happened after the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Russian hackers reportedly gained access to the database of the Sussex pair's wedding images in an online account owned by New York based photographer Alexi Lubomirski.
According to the biography Finding Freedom, the hackers posted "unseen" pictures of Prince Harry, Meghan and Queen Elizabeth from the wedding reception on a Tumblr website. Many of these photos were unflattering shots of the pair and their relatives. There were also personal photos from their engagement in November.
Followers of the photo-sharing site, however, thought the photos were fake so it didn't gain much attention on the internet. However, Kensington Palace learned of the privacy breach while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were reportedly alarmed that it was so easy to access their personal files. Buckingham Palace publicly released only a handful of photos from the Sussex pair's royal wedding.
