METERAMA: SIMON GETS royal PARKING PRIVILEDGE!

Music mogul SIMON COWELL, the British artist-and-repertoire ("A&R") executive and television personality/producer, best known as a judge on such TV shows as Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol and Britain's Got Talent has been awarded a privilege only usually awarded to members of the British royal family and eminent politicians - he can now park his car wherever he likes.

The Britain's Got Talent Judge is reported to have insisted on having a parking space for his $400,000 Rolls Royce outside every theatre holding auditions for the reality TV show, as he doesn't want to be mobbed by fans. According to British newspaper The Sun, officials in Birmingham, England agreed to dig up concrete bollards to let him park on the pavement outside one theatre, and when the show went to the Hackney Empire, East London, Cowell was given special permission to use the Mayor's spot.

A source tells The Sun, "He hates walking anywhere and the idea if being mobbed fills him with fear. So we contacted all the relevant councils and asked them if they could make a special dispensation. "It wasn't always easy as only the (British royal) Queen (Elizabeth II) and senior members of the royal family get to park wherever they like."