NOT AMUSED: The Queen was allegedly unhappy with Buckingham Palace guards helping themselves to her party nuts [GETTY]
Her Majesty was "irritated" after officers continually scoffed the snacks, according to an email sent by Clive Goodman, former royal editor at the now-defunct News of the World (NotW) tabloid.
London's Old Bailey heard how a memo was sent to palace officers telling them to "keep their sticky fingers out".
The email, addressed to former NotW editor Andy Coulson, read: "Problem is that police on patrol eat the lot… memo now gone around to all palace cops telling them to keep their sticky fingers out."
Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC told the jury that the Queen was "upset" at the behaviour of the officers charged with protecting her, her family and her home.
PALACE: Buckingham Palace guards were reportedly helping themselves to the Queen's nut selection [GETTY]
“Problem is that police on patrol eat the lot… memo now gone around to all palace cops telling them to keep their sticky fingers out”
An email addressed to former NotW editor Andy Coulson
In the email sent in March 2005, Goodman also claimed he had a man checking out the Prince of Wales' wedding invites to the Duchess of Cornwall.
"Only person to accept so far is Tony Blair," he wrote.
Goodman, 56, is charged along with former spin doctor Coulson of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office.
Goodman and Coulson, 45, face two allegations that they conspired together and with other unknown people to commit misconduct in public office between August 31 2002 and January 31 2003, and between January 31 2005 and June 3 2005.
Coulson, a former advisor to David Cameron, is also accused of conspiring to hack phones between October 3 2000 and August 9 2006.
That charge is also faced by former NotW and Sun editor Rebekah Brooks, 45, of Churchill, Oxfordshire, Ian Edmondson, 44, of Raynes Park, south west London, and former managing editor Stuart Kuttner, 73, of Woodford Green, Essex.
TRIAL: Clive Goodman, former royal editor at the News of the World, discovered the story [PA]
Brooks also faces two counts of conspiring with others to commit misconduct in public office - one between January 1 2004 and January 31 2012, and the other between February 9 2006 and October 16 2008 - linked to alleged inappropriate payments to public officials.
She also faces two allegations of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice - one with her former personal assistant Cheryl Carter, 49, of Chelmsford, Essex, between July 6 and 9 2011, and a second with her husband, Charles Brooks, and former News International head of security Mark Hanna and others between July 15 and July 19 2011.
All the defendants deny the charges.
The trial continues.
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