Jemima Khan caught up in cemetery row as locals say they cannot visit graves at ...

Multi-millionaire Jemima Khan is caught up in a row over car access to a churchyard on her £15million estate as locals claim they cannot visit loved ones' graves.

A couple who make the 80-minute round trip to the cemetery on special occasions say they often find they are locked out and on one occasion had to be let in by former prime minister David Cameron. 

Ms Khan, a journalist and filmmaker now known by her maiden name of Goldsmith, bought Kiddington Hall, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, in 2010.

She claims, through representatives, that there are measures in place to ensure access is available at any time of day.

A spokesman added that the gates are now kept locked as Ms Khan has had 'an ongoing problem with two male stalkers'. 

The Grade II listed stately home has 466 acres of surrounding landscaped parkland including St Nicholas' Church in the grounds.

There is pedestrian right of access to the churchyard but car access and parking is by courtesy. 

Christopher and Wendy Earl, from Cowley, Oxon, make the 80-minute round trip to the church on special occasions to lay flowers on family members' graves.

They say while the previous owner used to leave the gate open for visitors to the graveyard, they now routinely find themselves locked out.

Mr Earl said: 'We turned up one day and we could not get in. I have double arthritis and walk with two sticks. Walking up is difficult, not just for me but for any disabled person.

'The previous owner of the Hall always left the gate open, it's been like that forever. We never had a problem until it was bought by Jemima Khan.

'We wrote to the Bishop of Oxford and he passed us on to the Bishop of Dorchester. Apparently, they were meeting with Jemima Khan and it was resolved.

'There was a buzzer system so that we could call the Hall for access and someone would open the gate.

'But we went in August and

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