[1] Buckingham Palace refused to comment on the situation after The Sunday Times reported the story on 28 October 2007.
McGuigan, a recovering alcoholic, had previous criminal convictions and was originally from Ireland with republican connections.
[6] Both men were arrested on 11 September 2007 charged under the Theft Act 1968 and was held in custody in Belmarsh Prison.
[5] Aðalsteinsson was appealing the conviction when he was found dead at his flat in South Kensington, West London on Christmas Eve in 2016.
The inquest found he had died after suffering respiratory failure brought on by multi-drug poisoning.