Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/UK ParliamentA wealthy British aristocrat whose vast rural estate makes him a neighbor of King Charles has been accused of effecting a rural “land grab” to claim over three thousand acres of land that some locals say rightfully belongs to the community. The village is just 16 miles from the royal Sandringham Estate. Locals say that common land has been wrongfully claimed by Thomas Edward Coke (pronounced “cook”), the 8th Earl of Leicester, and is being treated as private property, with charges being levied for mooring boats and launching vessels. Read more at The Daily Beast. Source: www.thedailybeast.com

Source: Daily Nation January 05, 2024 02:56 UTC