Travellers set up camp just yards away from property tycoon Christian Candy’s £50million home.
The group pitched up with nine caravans, a brand new Range Rover and a Volkswagen Touareg – worth around £49,000 – less than one mile from the billionaire’s home in Surrey.
Other residents in the well-heeled enclave situated near Windsor Great Park include Elton John and David Furnish.
Owned by the Queen, the green is close to superstar John’s 37-acre estate, and Prince Andrew’s country home, the Royal Lodge.
Travellers appeared on the village green in Englefield Green, Surrey next to the children’s playing area
The group pitched up with nine caravans, a brand new Range Rover and a Volkswagen Touareg
The area, near the upmarket village of Runnymede, is popular with families who take their children to the park in the summer holidays
The area, near the upmarket village of Runnymede, is popular with families who take their children to the park in the summer holidays.
The group of travellers first made their way to Chertsey Recreation Ground, Guildford Road on August 12 and breached a Criminal Justice and Public Order 1994 served by the council.
They were served with a court summons and left on August 16 but moved to the green.
The travellers appeared on the village green in Englefield Green beside a children’s playing area on Saturday, before being swiftly moved on by the council the following day.
Runnymede Council served a notice to leave on Sunday.
The council said: ‘The traveller group left Englefield Green on Sunday afternoon, and the Council has not received reports of it relocating elsewhere in the borough. Our staff will be cleaning and securing the area.’
Mr Candy and his wife – former It Girl Emily Crompton – live with their four children in the nearby Surrey manor house.
They bought it for £30million in 2015 and over the past four years, they have spent a further £20 million buying up four neighbouring properties.
Runnymede Council served a notice to leave on Sunday and the travellers moved on
Christian and Emily haven’t quite managed to buy up the entire neighbourhood, with their estate surrounding a waterworks site and a £2 million cottage owned by a couple who are staying put amid the huge expansion
This bespoke two storey treehouse for the children to play in has a secret staircase hidden behind a bookshelf, while a wardrobe door opens to reveal a slide to the lawn below, evoking the Narnia stories
The guest house, labelled Guest House 1 on our diagram above, was built on the site of a mock-Tudor house, left, bought for £6 million in 2016 and then demolished, the red-brick mansion has a 40-metre outdoor pool and sun terrace and was built using reclaimed bricks and roof tiles to achieve a weathered look
This horse’s head statue is tucked away in the corner of the estate, in front of a guest house. The £200,000 bronze statue of a horse’s head was made by British sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green
This bespoke two storey treehouse for the children to play in has a secret staircase hidden behind a bookshelf, while a wardrobe door opens to reveal a slide to the lawn below, evoking the Narnia stories
In February, Mr Candy, 45, paid £9 million for the mansion next door – only to flatten it and turn the land into a sweeping, tree-lined driveway, which is being built.
Planning documents reveal he also demolished two mock-Tudor mansions and replaced them with palatial red-brick super-homes – complete with swimming pool, underground gym and car park – that a source said serve as guest houses for visiting friends and family.
Then there is a swanky £1 million pad for servants and staff, a flood-lit tennis court, a two-storey treehouse for the children to play in, and artwork dotted about the sprawling grounds.
A group of travellers appeared on the same site last year and were evicted from near Elton John’s home, only to relocate a mile away on the historic site where Magna Carta was signed in 1215.