Tent encampment outside Grade I listed property owned by the Duke of Wellington is dismantled

"A tent encampment based outside a Grade I listed home belonging to the Duke of Wellington has been dismantled by police. Migrants from Eastern Europe and Africa are among those who have been living at the English Heritage site outside the 250-year-old Aspley House, on the southeast corner of Hyde Park. Built in the 1770s, the property is home to the current Duke of Wellington, Charles Wellesley, 80, who is a descendant of Queen Victoria."

"Dozens of officers from Metropolitan Police and Westminster City Council could be seen dismantling makeshift shelters and removing tents from the site today. Occupants reportedly looked very shocked when told to move on, the Daily Mail reported. Police and council workers clear the tent encampment outside Apsley House They looked very unhappy. It came as a huge surprise to them. There has been a lot of moaning, a local resident said. They probably thought they were here for a few more weeks."

"According to the Daily Mail, a 23-year-old woman was arrested at the site last month on suspicion of making threats to kill other tent dwellers. Meanwhile, officers also arrested two other people on the site following a disturbance with one man, 48, in possession of a knife and a piece of glass and the other, a 33-year-old man, detained for fighting and making threats to kill."

Police dismantled a tent encampment outside the Grade I listed Apsley House on the southeast corner of Hyde Park. Migrants from Eastern Europe and Africa had been living at the English Heritage site, which dates from the 1770s and houses Charles Wellesley, 80, the current Duke of Wellington and descendant of Queen Victoria. Dozens of Metropolitan Police and Westminster City Council officers removed makeshift shelters, with occupants reportedly shocked and upset. Arrests were made at the site, including a 23-year-old woman suspected of making threats to kill, a 48-year-old found with a knife and glass, and a 33-year-old detained for fighting. Similar encampments have appeared elsewhere in central London.

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