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| Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall banned from driving | Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall banned from driving |
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| The Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall has been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding at 91mph near her Cotswolds home. | The Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall has been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding at 91mph near her Cotswolds home. |
| She was banned under the totting up procedure, having already accumulated nine penalty points on her licence. | She was banned under the totting up procedure, having already accumulated nine penalty points on her licence. |
| Mrs Tindall, 38, was given four more points for driving at 91mph on the A417 in Gloucestershire, taking her over the 12 points that usually means a ban. | Mrs Tindall, 38, was given four more points for driving at 91mph on the A417 in Gloucestershire, taking her over the 12 points that usually means a ban. |
| The speed limit where she was clocked is 70mph. | The speed limit where she was clocked is 70mph. |
| The wife of former Gloucester and England rugby player Mike Tindall did not attend court because she is in Australia. | |
| She admitted the speeding offence, which she committed in her Land Rover at Daglingworth, near Cirencester, in November. | She admitted the speeding offence, which she committed in her Land Rover at Daglingworth, near Cirencester, in November. |
| Gloucestershire Police operate a frequent road safety patrol from a lay-by at Dartley Bottom - a long, straight stretch of the road between Gloucester and Cirencester, where they catch hundreds of drivers a year. | Gloucestershire Police operate a frequent road safety patrol from a lay-by at Dartley Bottom - a long, straight stretch of the road between Gloucester and Cirencester, where they catch hundreds of drivers a year. |
| Prosecutor Farley Turner said: "Because Mrs Tindall already has nine points on her licence she was unable to accept a fixed penalty for this offence." | Prosecutor Farley Turner said: "Because Mrs Tindall already has nine points on her licence she was unable to accept a fixed penalty for this offence." |
| Roger Utley, chairman of the bench at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court, announced that as well as the six-month ban the court was fining Mrs Tindall £666 plus costs and a victim surcharge of £151. | Roger Utley, chairman of the bench at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court, announced that as well as the six-month ban the court was fining Mrs Tindall £666 plus costs and a victim surcharge of £151. |
| Her mother Princess Anne was caught speeding on the same stretch of road in 2001. | Her mother Princess Anne was caught speeding on the same stretch of road in 2001. |