A taxi driver who claimed to be the victim of an assault at the hands of British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been accused of intimidating his wife with a knife after demanding more cash for a 360-mile journey from Italy to France.
The driver said he collected Lammy, 52 and his artist wife, 53-year-old Nicola Green, on April 10 at the town of Forli near Bologna after they had accompanied King Charles and Queen Camilla on a three-day state visit to Italy.
But he alleged that Lammy 'became aggressive' when asked for payment after he drove some six hours into the night to reach Flaine, a ski village in Haute Savoie in the French Alps.
But MailOnline understands the taxi driver is alleged to have threatened Green, who was sat beside him, by opening a compartment between the seats and showing her a knife.
The driver claimed Lammy, who did not identify himself, 'snatched the receipt from his hand' when he said it was up to the passengers to pay €700 (£588) out of a €1,550 (£1,305) total fare - the rest of which was covered by a transfer service used to book the trip.
