Jeremy Clarkson stood firm in continuing his filming schedule for Clarkson’s Farm while US Vice President JD Vance vacationed in the picturesque Cotswolds. The former Top Gear presenter revealed he was asked to ground his filming drones due to a no-fly zone around Vance’s accommodation—but he refused.
In his Sunday Times column, Clarkson recounted, “There was a kilometre-wide no-fly zone around the house where Vance was staying. It was slightly annoying because we use drones for aerial shots on the farm show. When security asked if the drone was mine and told me I couldn’t fly it that day, my response was blunt—and effective.”
Clarkson also shared that his Clarkson’s Farm co-star, Kaleb Cooper, experienced a similar encounter. When Vance’s motorcade—a convoy of 27 large black SUVs escorted by numerous British police motorcycles—approached, Cooper was commanded to stop his tractor. Needing to transport wheat into the shed amid rainfall, Cooper refused, urging the security personnel to move along and continuing his work uninterrupted.
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Reflecting on the grand motorcade tearing through the lanes of Chipping Norton, Clarkson commented, “Given Vance is from America—a place of spectacle like Disneyland and Las Vegas—it was expected that his movement would be grandiose, half Pope, half rock star. The town frequently shuts down for local events, so this felt like just another bit of entertainment—a moment of fun amidst the usual routine.”