residence . However , when pressed further he did admit to sitting on one of the thrones , but did not recall doing any `` comical poses . '' The court also heard that officers protecting the royals lost more than # 250,000 -LRB- $ 365,800 -RRB- to a spread betting venture called `` The Currency Club , '' one of a number of apparently successful sidelines Page allegedly set up to clear spiraling debts , PA said . According to the BBC , Page extracted around # 3 million -LRB- $ 4.4 million -RRB- from some 57 lenders or investors . Cooper suggested that McGregor had been `` one of those police officers '' using mobile patrols to deliver cash to other police officers based in Royal Protection who were involved in financial matters . The accusation was again denied by McGregor . He instead claimed he had been `` totally sucked in '' by Page . `` I was totally sucked in by Paul he is a very charismatic person , '' he said , before adding that he had acted `` very naively and very stupidly '' in some of his dealings with his former colleague .
LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police officers responsible for protecting the British royal family handled firearms when drunk , traded pornography and steroids and sat on Queen Elizabeth II 's throne in comical poses , it has been alleged in a London court . The former royal protection officer was responsible for security at Buckingham Palace . The allegations were made Tuesday by John Cooper , the lawyer for former royal protection officer Paul Page , who is accused of defrauding colleagues and friends to fund a life of luxury , The British Press Association reported . According to PA , the claims were made during a lengthy cross-examination of Adam McGregor , a colleague of Page who left service at London 's Buckingham Palace in 2005 , who has accused the former officer of `` conning '' him out of thousands of dollars . At one point Cooper `` suggested '' there had been a procedure among armed officers at the palace whereby one officer on duty would sleep while the others kept watch for their superior . McGregor denied any knowledge of this and all other allegations of wrongdoing among his colleagues at the iconic Royal