A Metropolitan Police motorcyclist who hit an 81-year-old grandmother while escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh has been acquitted.

Christopher Harrison, 68, has been cleared of causing death by careless driving at the Old Bailey.

The police officer was riding his BMW motorbike in a motorcade for the royal when he struck pensioner Helen Holland in Earl’s Court, west London.

PC Harrison sped through a red light at a pedestrian crossing on West Cromwell Road at 58mph – which had a 30mph speed limit at the time.

Ms Holland suffered serious injuries from the collision which occured on May 10, 2023.

The mother-of-four died in hospital two weeks after the crash.

She suffered a skull fracture, bruising to her arms, legs and body, plus fractures to her lower legs. The motorcade included a car

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