Queen guitarist Brian May shares footage of 'devastation' after west London home is flooded

The Queen legend blames the local Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council over the flooding, as well as "selfish" residents who have allegedly disrupted drainage by building basements.

By Chris Robertson, Entertainment reporter @_ChrisRobertson

  Tuesday 13 July 2021 13:55, UK

 Brian May has shared images of his flooded home. Pic: Instagram/Brian May

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Brian May has shared images of his flooded home. Pic: Instagram/Brian May

Queen guitarist Brian May has shared his anger after a number of his "precious" belongings were ruined when his home was flooded.

May's property was caught up in the flash flooding that hit the capital on Monday night and Tuesday morning after intense downpours.

The 73-year-old said that he came home from a day at Royal Holloway College to "horror in our house" in Kensington, west London.

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In a post on Instagram, he added: "The whole bottom floor had been inundated with a sewage overflow - which has covered our carpets, rugs and all kinds of precious (to us) things in a stinking sludge.

"It's disgusting, and actually quite heartbreaking. It feels like we were have been invaded, desecrated."

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He added that his wife, Anita Dobson, had "a lifetime of memorabilia on the floor of our basement - and most of it is sodden and ruined", and he had only recently moved some "treasured" childhood photos to his basement, which