Wardens clamp Qatari royals’ £1.5 million cars

At least paying for the clamps to come off shouldn't be much of a problem for the owners.

These two modest vehicles, parked naughtily outside Harrods, belong to Qatar's ruling Al-Thani family, and they did manage to scrape together £1.5 billion to buy the department store.

Tourists and shoppers gathered to watch as Kensington and Chelsea wardens ticketed and then clamped the two sports cars — a £1.2 million Koenigsegg CCXR, and £350,000 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce.

The custom-made vehicles belong to the family's fleet of supercars, which includes a one-off Pagani Zonda Uno.

Qatar Holding Group bought Harrods in April from Fulham FC owner Mohamed Fayed. The Qatari royal family controls assets estimated at more than $60 billion (£38.3 billion) with stakes in Credit Suisse and Porsche.

Kensington and Chelsea made more than £30,000 a day from penalty charge notices in 2008/09.