Koo Stark was made bankrupt at the High Court in February last year

Koo Stark, a former girlfriend of the Duke of York, is to appear in court after an alleged theft, police said.

The actress, photographer and artist, who dated the Duke in the early 1980s, has been summonsed under her real name, Kathleen Stark. The claim centred on a £31,000 painting belonging to a former partner, Warren Walker, father of her daughter Tatiana.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “On Thursday September 6, Kathleen Stark, 56, was summonsed to appear at Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court on Friday October 5 in connection with an allegation of theft from a residential address in Notting Hill.” She has not been charged.

In February last year Stark was made bankrupt at the High Court because of an unpaid hotel bill of £38,680.