Jeremy Clarkson has 'accidentally' opened his £1 million pub, with the venue now set to be run by none other than one of Prince Harry's good friends.
Clarkson revealed on Monday (15 July) that he had quietly opened his latest business venture a little early, coinciding with the EURO 2024 final between England and Spain.
Showing off the inside of the pub for the first time in a video on the official Instagram feed for his Hawkstone Lager, Clarkson tells the camera: "Well, we've accidentally opened our pub before it is kind of finished."
The pub is an historic venue called The Windmill in Asthall, which is just outside the Cotswolds town of Burford.
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Sitting around 20 minutes away from Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm, we'd be shocked if the venue didn't feature in the fourth season of Clarkson's Farm given that filming for it is currently under way.
Reportedly paying just under £1 million for the venue, Clarkson has already had a few alarming discoveries - including a pair of pants on what was a former dogging site.
The Hawkstone account revealed that The Windmill is officially set to open in 'four or five weeks' time.
LADbible earlier revealed that the pub's booze licence was officially transferred over to close friends of Jeremy's last month.
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Operating under a company called Baobab Operations Limited, Clarkson's long time mates Mark Devereux and Jonathan Hornby will be in charge of making sure it's run properly.
Devereux has worked as Jezza's lawyer, while his business partner, Jonathan Hornby, is one of the key behind-the-scenes people that helped launch Hawkstone Lager. Hornby has been friends with the Prince for over a decade.
In 2023, Hornby quit as a trustee on the board of Prince Harry's charity, Sentebale. Holding the position for 11 years, he had also been chairman for the final five years of his time there.
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"I have spent 11 years with Sentebale and 5 of them as Chairman - it’s a wonderful charity trying to do all it can to help the life chances of young people in Lesotho and Botswana either infected with or effected by HIV," he said at the time.
"The work the teams do in country is incredible and I hope the charity - now under Sophie’s leadership - will go on to be even more effective in helping young lives. It’s been a privilege to work with Sentebale over more than a decade."
Following the exit, Hornby rubbished fabricated reports alluding that he urged former Top Gear presenter Clarkson to apologise after his controversial comments about Prince Harry's wife, Meghan Markle.
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Speaking to the Mirror, Hornby said: "Jeremy’s decision to apologise to Meghan for what he had said was entirely his ..and anyone who knows Jeremy as I do - knows he’s never told what to do by anyone else."
Despite Clarkson 'opening' the pub earlier, the Daily Mail reports that it might not be fully functional until 2025.
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Tom Earnshaw