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The Queen's top protection cop was suspended from duty after accidentally firing a shot
inside a royal palace.
     The loaded gun went off as SAS-trained Chief Superintendent Ian Boyes was cleaning
it. He was alone and off duty.
     The blunder at Holyroodhouse came just hours before the Pope's visit there on Septem-
ber 16 to meet the Queen.
     It is not known if the monarch was at the official residence in Edinburgh when the bul-
let was discharged.
     Chief Supt Boyes - a vastly experienced member of the Royal and Diplo-
matic Protection Department (RDPD) - was unhurt.
     It is the first time an officer of such senior rank has been removed from duty for such
an incident.