Britain's Prince Harry's former party planner tried to tout tickets for London's New Year's Eve fireworks display for 15 times their face value.
Fellipe Trindade - who helped organise two official parties for the 30-year-old royal - was reportedly trying to sell the tickets worth £10 for £150 on the day of the event.
The 22-year-old Brazilian student told an individual interested in purchasing the tickets that he'd obtained them through his connections with the British Embassy in Brazillia and that they were special tickets for guests "of the Mayor" Boris Johnson.
According to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, he told a prospective buyer during a phone call: "We are selling to make some money so I want to know how much you guys are willing to pay.
"They Mayor of London had a few tickets that he gave to some embassies.
"As we work for the British consulate we made some arrangements and they gave us tickets."
However, Mr. Trindade later denied claiming the tickets had come from the Mayor and insisted he was simply selling them for a friend.
He said: "He won them in a radio competition. My friend had already bought tickets so he is selling the tickets he bought because he did not know he was going to win some others."
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