"Or perhaps he thinks it was wrong because he wasn't recognized". Is about right I would imagine.

Hope its not another 'pleb-gate' incident in the making?.

Prince Andrew may have pre-empted and thus avoided this embarrassment by simply 'popping on' a spare crown or coronet ... before going out for his unannounced garden stroll.

Woolwell

"...when he mad me a mug of coffee and one for all the rest of the staff too."

He sounds incredibly mean to me, or did he provide straws to help all the rest of the staff share their cup? (But a masterful illustration of 'name-dropping', I might add!! ) (;-0)

"Prince Andrew says the police do a good job and "sometimes get it wrong "

Yes, well so do Princes.

The Police are damned when they do, and damned when they don't. Were I a royal personage I think I would far rather that the Police failed safe on matters of security, and when something like this happened I would keep it between myself and the officers involved, rather than ensuring that it leaked, so I could graciously and publicly accept an apology that shouldn't have been necessary.

Prince Andrew is an insufferably pompous individual, and this incident highlights the fact.

Prince Andrew is an insufferably pompous individual,

Do tell. What do you know that we don't?