Fearless traffic warden places ticket on Hillary Clinton's car despite FIVE security agents ordering him to leave London street

• .Westminster City Council warden puts penalty notice on her Mercedes
• .Clinton was attending an event at Chatham House to pick up an award
• .Photographer claims he saw one agent flashing his badge to warden

By MARK DUELL

This is the extraordinary moment that Hillary Clinton's security staff got into an argument with a traffic warden after he issued her car with a parking ticket.

The Westminster City Council warden put a penalty notice on the former US secretary of state’s silver Mercedes vehicle in Central London while she was attending an event at Chatham House.

The row was caught on camera on Saturday by photographer Greg Brennan, who said five of her guards were waiting inside a Mercedes van next to her car at the time because it was raining.

Argument: Hillary Clinton's security staff get into a row with a traffic warden whilst waiting for her in London

In discussion: The Westminster City Council warden put a penalty notice on the silver Mercedes car (centre)

Politician: Hillary Clinton (left) speaks at Chatham House and (right) gets out of her car before the event

The warden then arrived and put a ticket on the car which had transported 65-year-old Mrs Clinton to the event, prompting her security detail to jump out of the van in protest, Mr Brennan told MailOnline.

The photographer claimed he saw one of the agents angrily waving his arms and flashing his badge to the warden, who remained unflustered and continued to issue the ticket to Mrs Clinton’s vehicle.

 

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A spokesman for Mrs Clinton has not yet responded to a comment request from MailOnline, and nobody at the US Embassy press office could be reached when multiple attempts were made today.

In May it was revealed diplomats in London had racked up £70million in unpaid congestion charge fines - with the US topping the list, picking up 66,372 notices in ten years, totalling £7.5million.

Pointing and waving: A warden arrived and put a ticket on the car which had transported her to Chatham House

Upset: The photographer said he saw one of the agents angrily waving his arms and flashing his badge

Event: Mrs Clinton was at Chatham House to collect a prize for her contribution to international diplomacy

Feud: The extraordinary row kicked off as a warden tried to put a ticket on Hillary Clinton's car in London

The politician - who is the wife of former US president Bill, 67, and mother of 33-year-old Chelsea - was at Chatham House to collect a prize for her contribution to international diplomacy.

She spoke at the event to a newspaper, calling for a ‘sensible adult conversation’ about the boundaries of state surveillance following the leaking of files by whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Mrs Clinton said it would be ‘going down a wrong path’ to reject a debate in the wake of disclosures about the collection of communications data by GCHQ and America's National Security Agency.

She is currently considering whether to make her second challenge for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.

Mrs Clinton was awarded the prize for her ‘significant and impressive contribution to international diplomacy’ and ‘her work on behalf of gender equality and opportunities for women and girls’.