PAIN IN THE BUTE
Ex-F1 driver & socialite daughter, 21, charged over ‘Covid breach’ after fleeing London for Scottish pad on Isle of Bute
AN ex-F1 driver and his socialite daughter have been charged over an alleged Covid rule breach after fleeing London for a Scottish island.
John Crichton-Stuart, 62, and his daughter, Lola, 21, allegedly went up to their family home on the Isle of Bute after the capital went into Tier 4.
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The Marquess of Bute and Lola are two of six others charged by police for apparently making a 440-mile trip.
A 90-year-old woman is also included in the group accused of breaking coronavirus travel rules.
The toff’s main home is in London, where coronavirus cases have doubled in the last week due to a mutant strain.
Lola gave the thumbs up while filming herself taking a boat to Bute during the alleged breach.
A third of England is now in Tier 4 - the new highest level of lockdown restrictions.
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After slashing Christmas bubbles to one day for all other tiers, Boris Johnson told the public not to travel out from Tier 4 areas from 12.01am on Sunday.
Nicola Sturgeon also announced travel ban over the border, stopping people moving from England into Scotland.
As an F1 driver in 1986, the Marquess raced alongside Ayrton Senna under the name Johnny Dumfries.
He also won the The 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988.
The Marquess has several properties on the Isle of Bute including Mount Stuart House and a family cottage.
The ancestral home can be hired out for weddings at £24,000-a-pop.
The Marquess met the Prince of Wales on a visit to another of his homes, the 18th century Dumfries House in Ayrshire.
In 2007, the house was sold to the Scottish nation for £45million in a deal part-funded by a loan from the Prince’s charitable trust.
He is worth £125m, but could face a fine of just £30 if it is found he broke the rules.
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FIVE CHARGED
A police spokesman said: “Three men aged 32, 62 and 69 years, and four women aged 21, 29, 60 and 90 have been charged in connection with alleged breaches under the coronavirus legislation and will be subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal.”
Tier 4 rules mean staying at home apart from for exercise, essential shopping or for work if you can't do your job from home.
No one is allowed to mix households for Christmas in the regions hit with the toughest rules, and no one should be travelling out of the locked down area.
The Bute family has been approached for comment.
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Lady Lola was in isolation near her family's ancestral home in Bute over the summer.
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She posted pictures of her stay on the island with a group of pals such as Adwoa Aboah and Ruby Boglione.
And she gave the thumbs up while filming herself taking a boat to Bute during the alleged recent breach.
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