A British Army cadet told his superior that a statue of Queen Victoria approved his mid-week lash in London before stumbling back to barracks.
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is renowned for turning cadets into officers and can count Prince Harry as one of its more famous alumni.
Despite the gruelling no-nonsense discipline instilled in cadets at the Berkshire base, no punishment was enough to deter everyone from going astray in their down time.
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Author Geordie Stewart, 33, is another to have passed through Sandhurst's prestigious doors on his way to a five-year career in an army reconnaissance regiment.
In his new book 'Hurry Up And Wait: The Secret Life of a Sandhurst Cadet', Geordie reveals the hilarious antics of a middle-ranking Royal Artillery officer in waiting, Officer Cadet Harris of the 39 Platoon.
Geordie who has since gone on to complete a series of staggering challenges around the world, writes that for Cadet Harris "the draw of dating apps and London clubs was magnetic".
He continued: "Post-ranges, he bolted east to attempt to charm a trainee lawyer from Fulham named Tilly.
"In the wee hours, Colour Sergeant Thornton encountered him somewhat hazily heading up the staircase to his room. His justification? He asked Queen Victoria – the statue, that is – whether his overnight absence was approved. She kindly agreed that it was."
That was merely a subtle indicator of what further drunken buffoonery was to come from Harris before graduating from the Academy.
On the eve of one of the most important events of the calendar, the cadet decided it was the perfect time to get on the sauce and take a late-night tumble into a lake.
Geordie explained: "With a chapel parade early on Sunday morning, most people were having a quiet Saturday night in. Harris, at the AGM of the Academy rugby club, had other ideas.
"The dress code was blues, the smartest of all dress .The night started well with a few drinks police conversation and a few speeches. It escalated and Harris proceeded through the levels quickly and assertively.
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"The buttons were undone, the shoes came off, the eyes glazed over and he soon went full Four Romeo with chanting, stumbling and chundering. While heading back, he took a brief and unplanned dip in the Sandhurst lake before being accompanied to the block.
"Not many hours later, Harris was rudely awoken on his floor. His phone lay wet and broken next to him. His attire: blues, the fully sodden variety. Dress code for the most important chapel service of the intake: blues."
During the parade, a sergeant found Harris swaying as he tried to stand still in a puddle forming at his feet from his dripping uniform.
Gone were Harris' nights out in the capital as a result and instead his weekends for the foreseeable future were spent mastering his horse manure shovelling technique.
'Hurry Up And Wait: The Secret Life of a Sandhurst Cadet', can be ordered online here.
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