A London nightspot frequented by Prince Harry is being forced to close.

The Public venue, run by Guy Pelly - a close friend of Harry and his brother Prince William - is shutting following complaints it had become a "public nuisance."

Complaints had been lodged by locals over patrons fighting, vomiting, urinating and yelling obscenities outside the club.

The club, located on London's exclusive King's Road is popular with royals and wealthy business people but was named by police as the area's "number one crime generator".

In the wake of this, the club had its 2am opening licence revoked and put back to midnight. Guy lost his appeal to stay open longer and has now taken the decision to close the club.

A post on the venue's Facebook page read: "We hope everyone will remember Public with affection. We certainly will."

However, the closure is unlikely to be the end of Guy's nightclub ventures, as he has vowed to open another.

A source close to the venue told The Sun newspaper: "We may have lost this one - but we're determined to re-open somewhere else."