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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Baggage Handler In Royal Hot Water

Compiled From Wire Services

In his year as a baggage handler at Kennedy International Airport, Gilbert Terrero never found any trouble - until FBI agents said they found him with $500,000 worth of jewelry belonging to the Duchess of York.

Terrero was charged Wednesday with rifling through the former Sarah Ferguson’s suitcase in the belly of a British Airways jet and emerging with a diamond-studded necklace and bracelet - wedding gifts from Queen Elizabeth II.

The 12-diamond flower-cluster necklace was recovered from a doghouse behind Terrero’s home in Queens. The bracelet was found in an airport locker after the baby-faced 19-year-old allegedly bragged to co-workers about swiping the goods.

The red-haired duchess, who married into the royal family in 1986 and is now estranged from Prince Andrew, was in the United States promoting her “Budgie the Helicopter” children’s book.