LONDON: Tyler Dooley, nephew of Britain’s newest royal Meghan Markle, took a knife to a London nightclub and then blamed Donald Trump’s warnings about the dangers of the British capital, The Sun reported on Monday.

In a speech at the Natio­nal Rifle Association in Texas this month, he talked about knife crime in London, comparing a hospital in the city to a “war zone”.

Knife-related crimes rose by 23 per cent in London last year and a spate of stabbings and shootings have left more than 50 people dead this year.

The daily said Dooley, 25, a cannabis farmer who was not invited to the royal wedding in Windsor, handed the four-inch blade to a bouncer outside the club in Kingston, southwest London.

London’s Metropolitan Police did not name Dooley but confirmed they were called by security to the club “after a man openly declared he had a knife as he attempted to enter the club”.

Published in Dawn, May 22nd, 2018