During a podcast interview with broadcaster Susannah Constantine, 'The Royals' actress opens up about the 'real horror' she felt when thieves took her hand luggage from her car.
- May 26, 2020
AceShowbiz - Elizabeth Hurley was "burnt very badly" after thieves stole luggage from her car at a service station last year (19).
"The Royals" actress opened up about the incident during a chat with broadcaster Susannah Constantine on her podcast, admitting she's still haunted by the robbery.
"Something really terrible happened last year," she said. "It's a real horror and I was burnt very badly by it. I parked my car at one of those big stations, the food court things, and went inside."
"Came back, drove home - someone had opened my car and taken my hand luggage."
Elizabeth added she keeps several significant items in her hand luggage, such as her laptop, charger and make-up bag.
As for how the thieves managed to get into her car, presenter Susannah said she has a theory - that they used transmitters which picked up the signal of her car keys to allow them to open the vehicle and take anything out.
"It's a horror, it's a real horror," Susannah sighed. "When we started Googling it there were only three cars that they couldn't transmit from..."