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London police seize record $10 million in supercars in one weekend

London police said Monday they had seized a record $10 million worth of supercars between Friday and Sunday in an operation aimed at curbing antisocial driving.

Officers from London’s Metropolitan Police seized a total of 90 vehicles across popular affluent London neighborhoods such as Hyde Park, Kensington and Chelsea, marking the highest value and number of cars impounded since they launched an operation to crack down on antisocial driving five years ago.

Authorities in England consider antisocial driving to include causing unnecessary noise pollution, street racing and cruising in a convoy, among other types of public nuisance.

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One of the vehicles seized is a rare, one of 499, Ferrari Monza SP2, which can sell for as much as $5 million at auction.

London Metropolitan Police

In the summer months, it is common for owners of expensive and exotic cars, domestic or otherwise, to descend on some of central London’s affluent and popular neighborhoods, often meeting up in groups. It’s not uncommon for some drivers to be heard unnecessarily revving their engines, prompting complaints from locals.

“The disruption caused by these reckless drivers and boy racers is often worse during the summer months and, as well as putting people at risk, causes significant nuisance for residents and businesses,” Caroline Sargent, a lawmaker at Westminster City Council, said.

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A Lamborghini Revuelto, the price of which starts around $600,000, was also impounded

London Metropolitan Police

This year, police have been given the power to seize vehicles involved in antisocial behavior rather than giving motorists a warning, the Met Police said in a statement.

One of the vehicles seized included a Ferrari Monza SP2, which was one of only 499 made and can be auctioned for nearly $5 million. The police said the car had only been in the U.K. for a day and had no insurance. The driver was also on a provisional driving license, which can only be used for learning how to drive.

Special Chief Inspector Geoff Tatman, who led the operation, said, “We regularly hear from local people who are fed up with people driving cars dangerously in the area, or with modifications which make them a nuisance to those who live nearby.

“Through operations like this, we’re arresting these drivers and seizing their cars so we can keep our roads safe.”

Belgian car salesman becomes prince after DNA test proves royal parentage

By CNN
(CNN) — A Belgian car salesman has become a prince at the age of 26 after being acknowledged as the son of the king’s brother, Prince Laurent.Clément Vandenkerckhove’s mother, a Belgian singer who had a relationship with Prince Laurent in the 1990s, only told him who his father was when he turned 16 a decade ago.It emerged this week that he was legally recognized as the son and heir of the 63-year-old younger brother of King Philippe, at a low-key town hall ceremony about six months ago after a DNA test proved his link to the royal family.Prince Laurent has registered his paternity of Vandenkerckhove with Belgium’s civil registry, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday.The formality affords the new prince equal inheritance rights to Laurent’s private estate with his half-sister Princess Louise, 20, and half-brothers Prince Nicolas, 20, and Prince Aymeric, 19, children Laurent shares with Princess Claire whom he married in 2003.But he will not receive a royal allowance, nor will he be expected to take on official duties, and he has no rights to the Belgian throne.Vandenkerckhove could take his father’s family name, Saxe-Coburg, but has indicated he may not choose to.“I am proud of the name Vandenkerckhove,” he recently told Flemish daily newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. “If I were to sacrifice that family name, it would be a betrayal of everything my mother has done for me.”Vandenkerckhove was born in August 2000 to Belgian singer Wendy Van Wanten, whose real name is Iris Vandenkerckhove.She and Laurent dated in the 1990s after a chance encounter at a fashion show in Paris but the relationship did not last and there has been speculation that Laurent’s father, the former king, disapproved.In a documentary that aired on Belgian network VTM last September, Vandenkerckhove recounted his mother’s admission that Laurent was his father.Four years after that, he contacted his father to share what he’d been told and Prince Laurent agreed to a DNA test.“We went to the hospital together and I remember him saying, ‘I’ll go first so you’re feeling at ease,’” Vandenkerckhove told VTM.Once paternity was confirmed, Vandenkerckhove said he and his father had engaged in “open and honest conversations.”This is not the first time a secret involving Belgium’s Royal Family has emerged.Laurent’s father, now 92, fought a paternity battle for many years before admitting in 2020 that he had fathered a daughter during an affair.Delphine Boël, 58, eventually won her legal fight and was granted the title of princess.She now uses the name Delphine de Saxe-Coburg.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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