article_snippet: Duke of Cambridge Cambridge made the unannounced ‘private visit’ on Thursday to Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
article_snippet: Duke of Cambridge Cambridge made the unannounced ‘private visit’ on Thursday to Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
article_snippet: The Duke of Cambridge’s first ever trip to GCHQ, housed in a doughnut-shaped building in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, comes after The Mail on Sunday revealed that Prince William's and other young Royals were being advised to change he and other young Royals email addresses and cut back on social media activities over fears he and other young Royals could be targeted by foreign spies and hackers.
article_snippet: But questions were asked last night about the Duke’s use of a publicly funded Royal helicopter to make The Duke’s first ever trip to GCHQ, as it was not an official public engagement and was not announced in the Palace’s Court Circular.
article_snippet: But last night London’s Kensington Palace declined to comment on the reasons for The Duke’s first ever trip to GCHQ or confirm whether Duke of Cambridge would pay back the estimated £8,000 travel costs.
article_snippet: A London’s Kensington Palace source initially described The Duke’s first ever trip to GCHQ as a ‘private visit’ but later suggested A Palace source was ‘official’, and so could possibly be paid from the taxpayer-funded Royal Travel Budget.
article_snippet: The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
article_snippet: Kensington Palace and GCHQ refused to say whom Duke of Cambridge met, or what Duke of Cambridge saw.
article_snippet: But it is believed Duke of Cambridge met the new head of GCHQ, Robert Hannigan, and also saw the agency’s code breakers at work, monitoring internet and communications traffic to pick up terrorist threats.
article_snippet: Other members of the Royal family have previously visited GCHQ, which was opened by the Queen in 2004.
highlights_snippet: Duke of Cambridge made a top secret 'private visit' to GCHQ on Thursday .
  