The death of Nicholas Brandram, the 44-year-old grandson of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, who was found dead at his home in west London, has taken a dramatic new turn. His family announced that Brandram took his own life “after months of enormous pressure caused by the Metropolitan Police investigation” into the so-called “Putney Pusher” case, while insisting there was no evidence linking him to the man filmed pushing a woman into the path of an oncoming bus in 2017.
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Nicholas Brandram: What his family is claiming
Brandram had been arrested last June as a suspect in an investigation into attempted grievous bodily harm, in connection with the incident on Putney Bridge. He was not charged, and last week the Metropolitan Police confirmed he had been released under investigation. According to the BBC, his family stated that he “died by suicide after months of enormous pressure caused by the Metropolitan Police investigation.”
In their statement, the family also contended that “there is no evidence placing him on Putney Bridge at that time, nor any reliable evidence that he was the man shown in the video. In fact, the evidence proved the opposite.” The family also criticised the way police handled the case, stating that “the police chose to arrest Nick rather than invite him for an interview. They searched his home, and then the Metropolitan Police press office released information that inevitably led to speculation and the identification of Nick in subsequent reports.” The 44-year-old was found dead at his home on Tuesday evening. Police said his death is being treated as “unexpected, but not suspicious.”
The “Putney Pusher” case
The incident that would years later become linked to Brandram’s name was captured on camera in May 2017. A man jogging across Putney Bridge was filmed pushing a woman into the road just as a bus was approaching. The bus driver managed to swerve and avoid the woman at the last moment, and the footage spread internationally. The unidentified man was dubbed the “Putney Pusher” by the British media. Despite the investigation that followed, no one was charged and the case was closed in 2018. New information in the summer of 2026 led to the arrest of Nicholas Brandram as a suspect for attempted grievous bodily harm. He was not charged and was later released under investigation.
The grandson of Princess Katherine
Nicholas Brandram was the grandson of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, who after her marriage was known in Britain as Lady Katherine Brandram. Through his grandmother, he was a great-grandchild of King Constantine I of Greece and Sophie of Prussia. Princess Katherine was born on 4 May 1913 and was the sixth child and third daughter of Constantine I and Sophie of Prussia. She was also a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a first cousin of Prince Philip.
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. After the end of World War II, she returned to England. In 1947, she married British Major Richard Campbell Andrew Brandram, with whom she had one son, Paul Brandram, Nicholas’s father. She died in 2007 at the age of 94.
From the British Army to banking
Nicholas Brandram initially pursued a military career, serving as a captain in the British Army on tours in Iraq, Bosnia, and Afghanistan. After leaving the military, he transitioned into the financial sector. He worked at Killik & Co, then at Bank Leumi, and later at HSBC, where he was active in private banking and wealth management for high-net-worth clients. Following his arrest in the summer, he had been suspended from the bank.
