US home guru Martha Stewart denied visa for Britain

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — US lifestyle guru Martha Stewart has been denied a visa to visit Britain because she has served a prison sentence for lying to US investigators about a stock deal, a report said Saturday.

Stewart had been planning to come to Britain in the next few days to speak at the Royal Academy in London and hold meetings with fashion designers and figures in the leisure industry.

The UK Border Agency does not comment on individual cases, but the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its website that 66-year-old Stewart had been informed she would not be issued a visa because of her past conviction.

A spokesperson for Stewart quoted by the Daily Telegraph said: "Martha loves England and hopes this can be resolved and that she will be able to visit soon."...

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