However he was invited to stay the night and was given a meal and drinks in the officers' mess. They let him inside the barracks where he told stories that prompted suspicion about his identity. The man, who was wearing a vicar's dog collar and had an American accent, claimed to guards on duty that he had a meeting with a military chaplain. The Coldstream Guards launched two inquiries after the man bluffed his way into Victoria Barracks near Windsor Castle and stayed the night, sparking security concerns just weeks before the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
A fake priest who bluffed his way into an army barracks had earlier pretended to be a friend of Prince Harry in an attempt to get a free pub meal, it emerged last night.
