EXCLUSIVE Wife of millionaire luxury hotelier Sir Rocco Forte is banned from driving after speeding in her Audi A6 By Freya Barnes and Tony Palmer Published: 11:06, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 11:12, 17 September 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Lady Aliai Forte - wife of millionaire luxury hotelier Sir Rocco - has again been hit with a six-month driving ban for her latest speeding offence. The 59-year-old mother-of-three was caught on camera driving her black four-litre Audi A6 at 50mph in a 40mph zone. She received three penalty points, which when added to the nine points already on her driving licence triggered an automatic statutory ban.
Italian-born Lady Forte, of 21 Cheyne Gardens, Chelsea, who married Sir Rocco, 79, in 1986, appeared at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court. She admitted speeding along the A3 Kingston Road, near Tibbet's Corner roundabout, Putney at 9.20am on January 9.
Lady Aliai Forte pictured after receiving her driving ban at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court today Sir Rocco Forte and Aliai Forte pictured attending the Russian Ballet Gala and dinner on March 31, 2019 in London Lady Aliai Forte pictured leaving Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court today The court heard Lady Forte has convictions for speeding on March 8, 2022 and January 29, this year and also for using her mobile phone while driving on December 21, 2023. The one-time fashion designer also received a six-month driving disqualification in 2020. 'It is a terrible thing for me to be disqualified from.