Court battle over estate of star tattooist-turned-royal handyman
A legal battle has erupted over the estate of a renowned tattoo artist who counted members of the Sex Pistols among his clients before becoming the Queen's handyman.
Dennis Cockell was a fixture at the Diamond Jacks studio in Soho, London, where he tattooed stars of the 1980s pop music scene such as Adam Ant, the Stray Cats and Bananarama.
Cockell retired from full-time tattooing in 2007 and launched a second career as a handyman at Buckingham Palace.
He died three years ago, aged 74, leaving an estate valued at £413,000, which is now at the centre of a High Court dispute.
On opposing sides are Cockell's wife and the mother of five of his children, Fong Yuet Cockell, and a daughter in Australia whom
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