It would have been good to be king

I skipped past this the last time I saw it, but I actually paid attention this time and couldn't help but giggle. A man in Britain built a mock-Tudor castle and hid it behind hay bales, but now the gov has found out and wants to tear it down because they broke the law by not going through the proper channels.

Problems began last April when Mr Fidler, thinking he had beaten the planning system, applied for a certificate of lawfulness which is given if a property is erected but nobody objects to it after four years.

But Reigate and Banstead Council says the four-year period after which the building would be allowed to stay is void – because nobody had been given a chance to see it.

Who would want to tear this down, though:

You should see the inside. It really is a beautiful home. I hope they can find some way of getting it checked out structurally and everything so it can be allowed to stand.