Windsor Castle has been the victim of a cat burglar every day for the past four years.
A cat called Mime, which lives in a Chinese restaurant 50 yards opposite, has been strolling past armed police and royal guards in order to dine with royalty - the Queen's corgis.
Mime is now such a regular visitor she gets VIP treatment. On the Queen's birthday when Mime's normal route was blocked due to a locked gate, security staff opened it especially to let her through.
Owner Kevin Lam said: "When people come to my restaurant after visiting the castle they ask me why the Queen's cat is in the restaurant. I keep having to tell them that she is actually my cat!"
But he said the ten-year-old cat's daily lunchtime visits had not always been appreciated by the corgis.
He told The Sun: "A courtier told me the corgis used to fight with her at first, but after lots of barking and some hissing they came to a sort of truce."
星级小猫到英王宫蹭饭
过去四年来，一只小猫咪每天都会溜进温莎堡去蹭饭。
这只猫咪名叫迈姆，今年10岁，是温莎堡对面一家中国餐馆老板的宠物。从4年前开始，一到午饭时间它就穿过马路走过全副武装的警察和卫兵，步行45米左右到对面的温莎城堡去与女王的爱犬们一同进餐。由于经常到王宫里去吃午饭，迈姆还从王宫警卫那里得到VIP待遇，就算在女王大寿当天大门被锁上，警卫也会特别为它开门让它入内。
饲养这只皇室贵客的主人林先生说：“刚游览完王宫的人来到我的餐馆时，都会问为何女王的猫会在餐馆内，我要不断告诉人们它其实是我的猫！”
不过他说，刚开始时女王的威尔士矮脚狗并不欢迎迈姆的到来，“我听说那些狗们开始对它狂吠，但后来它们休战了。”
