A descendant of Queen Victoria has admitted hitting a cyclist and driving off without stopping while riding his Harley-Davidson past Hyde Park Corner.

Nicholas Brandram, whose grandmother was Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark — the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria — struck Martha Franklin’s bicycle on March 6.

Brandram, 31, told City of London Magistrates’ Court that the roar of his 1948 Harley-Davidson might be the reason he did not recall any impact, but he questioned how Ms Franklin had managed to stay on her bike.

The decorated former British Army captain, who has served in Iraq, Bosnia, and Afghanistan, admitted crashing into Ms Franklin and driving off.

Brandram, a stockbroker who represented himself, said that as a cyclist he was aware of