The 'unsightly' car park
The 'unsightly' car park is taking away from the area's scenic beauty, say residents

Villagers were left "shocked" when Pippa Middleton and her husband built an "unsightly" car park on their Berkshire estate without planning permission.

The Princess of Wales's sister, together with her husband James Matthews, built the facility on a meadow last year, only to be denied retrospective approval by Berkshire council.

The local authority has since ordered them to dig up the car park after telling Ms Middleton, 43, that it was out of keeping with the "beauty, landscape, character or rural setting" of the village of Kintbury.