Kim Jong Un's Brother Kim Jong Chul Spotted In London At Eric Clapton Concert | HuffPost

Kim Jong Un's Brother Came To London For A Gig This Week

Ryan Barrell— The Huffington Post UK

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The brother of North Korea's dictator is a huge Eric Clapton fan, it seems, having flown all the way to London to see the guitarist play live at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday and Thursday.

Kim Jong Chul, who was snapped at another Clapton gig in Singapore in 2011, is rarely seen in public and hasn't been spotted since the last time he stepped out to see the former Cream guitarist.

Japanese media reports 33-year-old Kim travelled to London via Beijing and Moscow, and was flanked by minders who shoved cameras out of the way as he entered the venue. They reportedly watched on as he clapped and danced along to the rock legend's hit 'Cocaine'.

Japanese media outlets said the man was "undoubtedly" the North Korean dictator's older brother

According to Sky News, Kim Jong Chul was flanked by the DPRK's ambassador to the UK at the gig, despite allegedly having been exiled from the pariah state after being pulled out of the leadership succession for "being too effeminate".

"At the end, Japanese media, especially Tokyo Broadcasting System, had his area of the venue staked out and he walked right into it," a source told NK News.

"Japanese media, as they often do on North Korea stories, went all-in, and his minders did everything they could to fend them off, until eventually he escaped the venue."

South Korean news site Yonhap reported he and his entourage are staying at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel in West London, where rooms can cost more than £2,100 per night. He is supposedly due to fly back to Moscow on Friday.

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In this June 20, 2014 photo, a North Korean man stands in front of a row of homes in the town of Kimchaek, in North Korea's North Hamgyong province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 20, 2014 photo, an exclamation point punctuates a long propaganda slogan in a field in North Korea's North Hamgyong province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 19, 2014 photo, residents of a small roadside town walk towards the main road in North Korea's North Hamgyong. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 19, 2014 photo, a North Korean man pushes his bicycle to a village in North Korea's North Hamgyong province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Monday, June 16, 2014 photo, North Korean men ride in a farmer's wagon in North Korea's South Hamgyong province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 20, 2014 photo, North Korean people rest next to the railroad tracks in a town in North Korea's North Hamgyong province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Saturday, June 21, 2014 photo North Koreans walk in front of an apartment building in North Korea's South Hamgyong province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 21, 2014 photo a monument of a fist holding a bayonetted Kalashnikov rifle stands on a roadside in North Korea's South Hamgyong province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 20, 2014 photo, exhaust fumes, like fog, spills out of the long Hamgwan Tunnel near Hamhung in North Korea's South Hamgyong province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 15, 2014 photo, an apartment block stands behind hotel room curtains on the main street in Hamhung, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 15, 2014 photo, the remains of lunch sits on a restaurant table in the city of Wonsan, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 14, 2014 photo, portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are illuminated on a building side as the sun rises over Pyongyang. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 16, 2014 photo, statues of animals playing musical instruments stand along the roadside south of Samsu, North Korea in Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Monday, June 16, 2014 photo, walks with a pink umbrella along the roadside south of Samsu, North Korea in Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 16, 2014 photo, farmers walk in a rainstorm with their cattle near the town of Hyesan, North Korea in Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 16, 2014 photo, boys play soccer in the town of Hyesan in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 16, 2014 photo, North Korean men share a picnic lunch and North Korean-brewed and bottled Taedonggang beer along the road in North Korea's North Hwanghae province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 16, 2014 photo, a fishing boat crosses the Samsu reservoir near the town of Samsu in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 17, 2014 photo, a deer's hoof used as a door handle, hangs from the front door of the home where North Koreans say the late leader Kim Jong Il was born around Mount Paektu in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 17, 2014 photo, a North Korean man holds a hand drawn map of the areas around Mt. Paektu as he and colleagues drive in Samjiyon in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 17, 2014 photo, a North Korean man sits by a cooking fire he built to roast potatoes and chicken in the town of Samjiyon, in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 17, 2014 photo, a North Korean man takes shelter in the rain next to long propaganda billboards in the town of Samjiyon in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 18, 2014 photo, the Associated Press vehicle climbs the slopes of Mount Paektu in North Korea's in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In June 18, 2014 photo, a boulder lies on a path near the peak of Mount Paektu in North Korea's Ryanggang province. North Koreans venerate Mount Paektu for its natural beauty, but more importantly because it is considered the home of the North Korean revolution. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 19, 2014 photo, smoke stacks of a factories stand behind a compound wall along a street in the city of Chongjin, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Thursday, June 19, 2014 photo, North Korean women sit in their small food stalls in front of apartment blocks on the outskirts of Chongjin, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 19, 2014 photo, a hotel employee walks in the lobby of a hotel that accommodates foreign visitors in Chongjin, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 21, 2014 photo, a row of bicycles are parked next to the sea Wonsan, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 21, 2014 photo, a group of young North Koreans enjoys a picnic on the beach in Wonsan, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this June 21, 2014 photo, a man works on his car as others sit next to the sea Wonsan, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Thursday, June 19, 2014 photo, a North Korean farmer stands in a field at Chanpyong Farm in Taehongdan in North Korea in Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014 photo, a North Korean woman walks on the peak of Mt. Paektu in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014 photo, a North Korean national television station camera crew records the scenery from the peak of Mt. Paektu in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Monday, June 16, 2014 photo, a North Korean man driving an ox cart protects himself in a rainstorm south of Hyesan, North Korea in Ryanggang province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Monday, June 16, 2014 photo, a propaganda billboard stands in a field south of Samsu, in North Korea's Ryanggang province. The sign reads: "Let's complete the tasks set forth in the New Year's address." (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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