Former schoolmate of Prince William locked in battle over solar panels

A former Eton schoolmate of Prince William is locked in a battle with a couple over plans to surround their £1m farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales with thousands of solar panels. Sir Henry Ropner, 43, who reportedly dated Kate Middleton when she and William briefly split, has agreed a deal to lease 113 acres of land to build a solar farm in North Yorkshire. But Nigel and Crystal Foster, aged 63 and 59, say their lives have been turned upside down as their 'peaceful, tranquil, and pastoral' views of the Yorkshire Dales are under threat, as thousands of solar panels would surround their isolated property.