Royal protection officer escorting Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George to the Caribbean left secret security file behind on British Airways plane
- Royal protection officer was accompanying Kate and baby son on holiday
- They flew BA from Gatwick to St Lucia, then took private plane to Mustique
- Police officer left documents on BA plane, and staff quickly returned them
- Mustique trip - George's first foreign trip - was to celebrate Carole's 59th
- Kate, George, and her parents and siblings stayed in £8,500-a-week villa
- Prince William stayed behind to study agriculture at Cambridge University
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A protection officer guarding Prince George and his mother as they flew out to Mustique for the baby's first foreign holiday left a confidential file behind when they got off the plane.
Two Metropolitan Police officers accompanied the Duchess of Cambridge and some of her family - minus Prince William, who stayed behind to study in Cambridge - on a scheduled British Airways flight from Gatwick to St Lucia last month.
When they got off to board a private jet for the island of Mustique, where the Middleton family have rented a £5million villa, one of the officers left the dossier behind.
A royal protection officer accompanying Kate and Prince George, pictured on their way to Mustique, left secret documents on the BA jet they took from Gatwick to St Lucia, it emerged today
The private villa where Prince George spent his first overseas holiday is staffed with its own butler and chef
BA cabin crew handed it to management who made sure it was returned to the Royal Protection Officer.
A Scotland Yard spokesman told MailOnline this morning: 'On 25 January a Metropolitan Police Service officer left some documents on a plane.
'The documents were returned to the officer by airline staff.
'The papers didn't contain any classified documents and the circumstances of the loss are currently being looked into.'
Six-month-old George travelled to the Caribbean with his mother, uncle James Middleton, and royal bodyguards on a 747 jumbo jet, and was said to have behaved impeccably during the 8,500-mile
flight.
Pictured on arrival at St Lucia, the baby was dressed in a summery blue and white romper suit with matching sun-hat.
The party, including Kate’s parents, Michael and Carole, sister Pippa and brother James, stayed at a four-bedroom villa staffed by a butler, chef, housekeeper and gardener, with an outdoor dining area overlooking the sea, as well as a lush tropical garden.
Space: The villa, one of a cluster of private dwellings, has upper and lower decks, a gazebo and four bathrooms
Mustique has become a favourite destination for the Middleton family who were celebrating Carole's birthday
Smartly decorated in crisp whites and tasteful tropical prints, the villa was filled with flowers, candles and every electronic device for the convenience of the royal mother and son.
Designer built in the 1970s and refurbished a few years ago, it has four bathrooms, upper and lower decks and a gazebo for extra hot days.
It is believed the Duchess' parents and sister, Pippa, were already waiting on Mustique at the villa which normally rents for £8,500 a week.
The holiday was in part organised to celebrate Mrs Middleton’s 59th birthday last week, but the future king remained behind in England where he is halfway through a 10-week agricultural course being taught at Cambridge University.
Mustique has become a favourite holiday destination of the millionaire Middleton family, who made their fortune selling party good on the internet.
It boasts one small hotel and just 74 villas - one of which once belonged to the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, a gift from her former suitor, Colin Tennant, who bought the entire island in the mid-20th century for just £45,000.
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Why on earth are we sending police protection officers with them? They've gone BA, I'm guessing NOT economy, then a private plane to a secure destination. Why should we foot the bill for these police. If the Middletons and/or Kate and William want protection, let them pay for it themselves, they can afford it.
i sincerely hope that the british taxpayer didn't pay for james middletons trip to mustique ....unreal the sense of entitlement her family has.
I'm ashamed to be British with the amount of hating done by the Brits here. Jealousy is a very ugly trait don't you know.
I actually can't believe how stupid some of the comments are. Kate's parents are wealthy in their own right. They started out with little and made a lot. GOOD FOR THEM! Kate and her family have been holidaying in Mustique since she was a teenager. I.E before she met William. This holiday was not funded by the taxpayer. This holiday was funded by the Middletons. GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT.
She's just going on holiday, so all of you are saying that if you were in her situation you wouldn't go away every once in a while. I'd like to see you go about your daily business with a camera in your face and not being able to do anything without the world judging you...leave her alone!
Nice of her to take baby on his very first holiday without William....For the wannabe next queen mother's 59th birthday? I could kind of get it if it was her 60th birthday....But it's a bit OTT, going somewhere like that, for not really a significant celebration, when baby's very first foreign holiday is more significant an event in his life. Just sayin innit.
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Ptolemy, Preston, United Kingdom, 10 hours ago
Sigh......so nice to be able to 'jet away' from the horrid traditional UK c**p winter weather.........nice too to see the taxpayers money being used to a good and worthwhile purpose........sigh...mind you, maybe this is why Liz is being asked by the Government to sort out the Palace's out of control spending and manage the state cash they receive in a more productive way?