WASHINGTON – Jeremy Clarkson has today joined the Cotswolds backlash against holidaying US Vice President JD Vance.
The presenter revealed his new summer neighbour has interrupted the filming of Clarkson’s Farm as the secret service swarms the surrounding countryside and a no-fly zone has been put in place.
The vice president’s visit to the Cotswolds has already attracted some criticism with locals complaining of disruption and left-leaning protesters flocking to the area.
Clarkson said that the one-mile no fly zone around Vance’s Cotswolds manor house rental is preventing Amazon Prime drone cameramen from doing their job.
The no fly zone has been set up for security reasons, while Vance is in residence in the hamlet of Dean for the rest of August.
Clarkson posted a picture on Instagram showing the no fly zone, including his own farm Curdle Hill Farm also known as Diddly Squat Farm. Clarkson captioned the map: ‘‘The JD Vance no fly zone. We are the pin. So on the downside, no drone shots today. On the upside, no annoying light aircraft.’’
Clarkson isn’t the only one frustrated by Vance’s presence in Chipping Norton, with the presenter’s right hand man Kaleb Cooper complaining that the extra security had derailed him from his own farming duties.
The Daily Mail revealed the close proximity of Vance’s manor house rental to Clarkson’s farm last week.
The enormous property, Dean Manor is located in a tiny hamlet of just 12 houses in Oxfordshire. It was picked out by US secret service personnel because of its remote secure location behind 15ft stone walls within immaculately manicured six-acre gardens.
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