The two men, who were recruited by an international gang, were arrested after Buda, of BuckinghamPlace, Brighton, was spotted by a supermarket customer acting suspiciously.
Cynics might argue that a more accurate view of modern Britain could come from the likes of Plan B, whose "Ill Manors" single sticks the knife into Cameron's Britain, but a gig at Buckingham Palace was never going to be the place for punk sentiment.