The Queen director convicted of speeding near his London home

'The Queen' director Sir Stephen Frears has been convicted of speeding near his £2.4million London home.

The veteran filmmaker, 84, is already serving a six-month driving ban handed down in July.

He had racked up at least 12 penalty points for previous offences and is barred from getting back behind the wheel until January.

But the BAFTA-winning director was caught doing 29mph in a 20mph zone on Park Road, close to his Marylebone house, on December 12 last year while at the wheel of his ten-year-old black Toyota Auris hybrid.

Sir Stephen admitted the offence at Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court yesterday, where he appeared alongside his wife, artist Anne Rothenstein, 76. He was later spotted leaving in a taxi.