Get our daily royal round-up direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

Meghan Markle's proud cannabis farming nephew was caught with a four-inch blade at a London nightclub hours after the royal wedding.

Tyler Dooley, 25, blamed US President Donald Trump's London "war zone" comment, saying he carried the knife for his own protection as the city sounded 'dangerous'.

The legal cannabis farmer, who lives in Oregon, was not invited to the royal wedding in Windsor on Saturday but flew over to London anyway, along with mum Tracy Dooley and brother TJ.

And hours after the Duchess of Sussex tied the knot to Prince Harry in a lavish £32m celebration, bouncers at Kingston nightclub Bucchus discovered Tyler was trying to take the knife in with him.

(Image: The Mega Agency) (Image: Google)

(Image: Facebook)

He surrendered the lethal weapon shortly after midnight, while he had been out celebrating with his girlfriend and the Dooleys, the Daily Mail reports.

Despite being cut out from the wedding - and dropped from ITV's Good Morning Britain coverage on Thursday - the group were determined to celebrate anyway at the late-night dance club.

A witness told the Sun the group were "tipsy" but "not in bad spirits".

"As Tyler came up to the bouncer he said 'I have a knife on me'," the source said.

"He pulled it out and handed it to the staff."

He said he'd "brought it from America because Donald Trump said London wasn't safe."

(Image: The Mega Agency)

The president claimed earlier this month that the capital's knife crime epidemic is so bad, one hospital is "like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds" with "blood all over the floor".

So far this year, at least 66 people are known to have died following violent attacks in London - Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged to "take hold of the situation".

Knife crime has increased by 21% in the year ending in April 2018, police figures show, and homicide has risen by 44%.

It is illegal to carry a knife in the UK - only folding knives with a blade under three inches are allowed.

Bouncers at Bacchus "acted very calmly" and dialled 999 after Tyler produced the knife, the source continued, and at that point he ran off.

(Image: Grabs)

Metropolitan Police said in a statement that officers were called to the club at around 1.55am on Sunday.

The knife was recovered from bouncers but no arrest was made, as the suspect had left the scene.

It is said that brother TJ later returned and tried to explain the situation to bouncers.

A Sun reporter attempted to speak to the Dooleys at DoubleTree hotel in Kingston, but they declined to comment and hid in a cupboard.

A Met Police spokeswoman said: "Police were called by security to a club in Union Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, in the early hours of Sunday, 20 May after a man openly declared he had a knife as he attempted to enter the club.

"When officers arrived at 01.55hrs enquiries led them to a hotel in Kingston and two men in their 20s were spoken to by officers in connection with the incident.

"One of the men also voluntarily surrendered a noxious spray.

"Both men, who were visitors to the UK, were warned about their actions. Neither was arrested, no further action was taken and enquiries are complete."