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Princess Diana's former bodyguard claims he once fell asleep protecting Queen

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READ MORE: Prince Harry's book to be published 'in November as he won't apologise' to William In 1979, the monarch was personally affected by the violence that marred the country when her second cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten was murdered by the Provisional IRA.Sansum was standing guard in an Army Land Rover when he 'fell asleep' while on duty.The 60 year old, who was born in Salford, told the Anything Goes podcast: "You're used to working long hours [in close protection jobs.]"You stay until it's finished."The worst I've done is three days."I was standing up asleep because we were just knackered."I remember this one job when the Queen came over to Northern Ireland." To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here . He continued: "She had her protection with her and we were the next ring of protection looking after her, and I was absolutely hanging."At the end of it I was doing top cover in the Land Rovers and I fell asleep in that position."There was nothing we could do, we were banging helmets, we were knackered."So operationally you're not fit for purpose."READ NEXT:.

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