THE socialite daughter of the Duke of Rutland was fined just £50 for a speeding offence, after she pleaded with a court for special treatment due to “financial hardship”.
Lady Eliza Manners, 24, was behind the wheel of an Audi which was caught out by a speed camera on the M4 in Brentford in March.
Faced with a prosecution, the business management graduate who has launched her own interior design business — Eliza Manners London — wrote to Lavender Hill magistrates in a bid to avoid a hefty penalty.
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