Diana’s lady-in-waiting handed ‘catastrophic’ driving ban despite plea over brother’s care

Former lady-in-waiting for Princess DianaAnne Beckwith-Smith leaving Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court, London, where she was charged with speeding over an incident in Wilton, Salisbury, last August - (PA)

One of Diana, Princess of Wales’s most trusted ladies-in-waiting has been disqualified from driving for six months after failing to convince magistrates she should be spared a ban to look after her brother.

Anne Beckwith-Smith, 74, told magistrates it would be “catastrophic” if she was stripped of her licence, and criticised the standard of public transport in Salisbury where her older brother lives in care.