Nicholas Brandram, the 44-year-old grandson of Princess Catherine of Greece and Denmark who was found dead at his London home, had carved out a career path that took him from the British Army to the City and the banking sector. In recent months, however, his name had become linked to the high-profile “Putney Pusher” case, as he had been arrested in the summer of 2026 as a suspect in the 2017 incident, when a jogger was caught on camera shoving a woman into the road as a bus approached. Brandram had not been charged and had been released under investigation.
Nicholas Brandram: Ties to the former Greek royal family
The 44-year-old was the grandson of Princess Catherine of Greece and Denmark, who after her marriage became known in Britain as Lady Katherine Brandram. Through his grandmother, he was a great-grandson of King Constantine I and Sophia of Prussia. Princess Catherine was also a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a first cousin of Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Catherine was born on 4 May 1913 and was the sixth child and third daughter of Constantine I and Sophia of Prussia. Three of her siblings became Kings of Greece, while her sister Helen became Queen of Romania.
Following the German invasion of Greece in 1941, she fled alongside her brother Paul and his wife Frederica, first to Crete and then to Egypt and South Africa. In Cape Town she worked as a nurse at a hospital, and after World War II she returned to England.
The marriage of Princess Catherine and the father of the 44-year-old
In 1947, Princess Catherine married British Major Richard Campbell Andrew Brandram, a British Army officer and rugby player. The two had met aboard the ship “Ascania” while returning to England from Alexandria, at a time when Richard Brandram was stationed in Baghdad.
The couple had one child, Paul Brandram, Nicholas’s father. Princess Catherine spent most of her later life in Britain and died on 2 October 2007, at the age of 94.
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From the British Army to the banks of the City
Nicholas Brandram initially pursued a military career. He served as a captain in the British Army and took part in deployments to Iraq, Bosnia, and Afghanistan.
After leaving the army, he turned to the financial sector and went to work in the City of London. He passed through stockbroking firm Killik & Co, then Bank Leumi, and subsequently HSBC. At HSBC he worked in private banking, managing assets for high-net-worth clients. Following his arrest in the summer, he had been placed on leave.
The “Putney Pusher” case
His name became linked to a case that had caused a major sensation in Britain in May 2017. A jogger crossing Putney Bridge had been caught on camera shoving a woman into the road just as a bus was approaching. The driver managed to swerve out of the way at the last moment, and the video went viral around the world, with the unidentified man being dubbed the “Putney Pusher” by the British media.
The investigation was closed in 2018 without any charges being brought. New information led to Brandram’s arrest in the summer of 2026 as a suspect for attempted grievous bodily harm. He was not charged, and the previous week had been released under investigation while police inquiries continued.
Found dead at his London home
On the evening of Tuesday, 15 September, Nicholas Brandram was found unresponsive at his home in Chiswick. Officers and paramedics arrived at 7:12 pm and pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Metropolitan Police announced that his death is being treated as unexpected but is not considered suspicious, and that his next of kin have been informed. Following his death, his name was made public for the first time, as authorities had until then withheld it as part of the ongoing investigation.
