Squatters have taken over the iconic San Lorenzo restaurant, which was once Princess Diana's favourite eatery and also counted a dazzling array of A listers among its customers, MailOnline can reveal.
Twiggy held her 21st birthday party at San Lorenzo while Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton chose it to celebrate their 1966 World Cup win and any reunions over the years. 'We have clients from all over the world who pay a lot of money for our treatments and it's putting them off from coming here because all you can smell is marijuana and the noise pollution is unbelievable.'
One man who refused to give his name but said that he was a 'spokesperson' for the squatters told MailOnline: 'We saw that this building was empty and found an opening and have now made it our home. He added: 'We have two cats and a hamster and have moved all our stuff in. It's a wonderful place to live. I didn't know about the history of this place until we came here. It's amazing to think that people like Princess Diana and other celebrities visited all the time and now it's our home.'
The restaurant owner picked up on Diana's unhappiness in her marriage to Prince Charles long before it became public and also famously told Madonna she was pregnant before the singer realised herself. 'Every time I walk past the San Lorenzo I just cry. All I can smell is drugs and all you can hear is loud music. It's insulting to the memory of my grandparents and their hard work. These squatters are not good people because if they were, they would not be breaking into other people's property and treating it like this.'
Under existing legislation, squatting is only a criminal offence if it involves a residential property which can result in immediate eviction, six months imprisonment and a fine of up to £5,000. Many squatters also raise arguments like freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, which comes under the Human Rights Act, when it comes to commercial properties, further complicating the legal process to get them out.The San Lorenzo squatters spokesperson insisted: 'I'm not going into the details of how we got in, but we did not break in.
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