Conman who blagged his way into Windsor Castle jailed

A conman was jailed for four-and-a-half years today after he tricked his way into Windsor Castle posing as a senior policeman escorting close friends of Princes William and Harry.

Power-mad serial fantasist Michael Hammond – whose “Walter Mitty” lifestyle echoed the screen trickster in Catch Me If You Can – was waved through the Henry VIII gate and spent more than an hour inside the grounds.