NAMES IN THE NEWS : Fast Duke Banned From Roads
The Duke of Westminster, said to be Britain’s richest man, pleaded guilty today to driving his Jaguar more than 30 m.p.h. above the speed limit and was banned from driving for two weeks. A magistrate in Stroud, in central England, also fined the 38-year-old duke, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the equivalent of $200.
The duke’s lawyer, Patrick Upward, said his client was traveling from London to his country estate in northwestern England with his wife and family when police clocked him driving at 106 m.p.h. for three miles. The speed limit for British highways is 70 m.p.h.
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