A 33-year-old man has been charged after a dispute over a bill at a five-star London hotel.
Alexander Christopher Wood, 33, of Southend-on-Sea, was charged on Thursday after police were called by staff at the Great Northern hotel in King’s Cross.
He has been bailed to attend Highbury magistrates court on 26 June, charged with making off without payment.
In an email to the Guardian, Wood denied an earlier report that he had posed as the Duke of Marlborough, and said the amount of money in dispute was £145.60.
• This article was published on 1 June to replace a version that Wood denies.
