Royal egg on the face....

How many millions of dollars have they spent on security for President Bush's visit to London? Some $1 million?

And all somebody had to do was apply for a palace job under his own name using bogus references.

Not only that, according to Salon the reporter has pulled the same stunt before, getting a job as a security guard to tennis stars at Wimbledon.

A SHOCKING royal security scandal has been exposed by a Mirror reporter working secretly as a footman.

Ryan Parry infiltrated the heart of Buckingham Palace for two months as police and senior staff prepared for the state visit of George Bush.

Parry, who used bogus references to get the job, was still in the Palace lastnight as Mr Bush arrived. He watched unchallenged as the president and his wife Laura were met by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in the Palace garden at around 8pm.

He had a full view from a pitch by the state dining room through a net curtain. Had he been a terrorist hell bent on assassinating the royals or Mr Bush, nothing could have stopped him.

Mirror story here and Salon story here.