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Preparations began yesterday for the tree's removal, with bystanders asked to avoid the area while the work continues. Experts want to keep the trunk in large sections while they decide what to do with it in the future.

Kevin Reynolds, 71, directed the 1991 adventure tale alongside Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of NottinghamThe director of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has expressed his deep sadness at the felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap comparing his sense of loss to the death of actor Alan Rickman.

'I know some people will say you can't compare the death of a tree to the death of a person but I think some things are so iconic, so perfect in their being, that they have a profound effect on people as this does,' he told the BBC.Pictured: Kevin Reynolds, 71, who directed the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

He said: 'Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall was one of the most quintessentially idyllic spots in the world and now it's gone, it's murdered, and for what reason?'This is the second loss Prince of Thieves has suffered in the last couple of years - Alan Rickman and now this.'

 

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