Banned: Joseph Getty was caught driving his Range Rover through Belgrave Square while drunk . A member of the ultra-wealthy Getty family was today banned from driving after being caught behind the wheel of his Range Rover while double the legal drinking limit. Joseph Getty, 26, pleaded guilty to drink-driving and received a 20-month ban as well as a fine of £1,000, which he paid immediately. Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that Getty had 83 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of breath when he was stopped while driving through Belgrave Square, near his west London home, two weeks ago. His conviction came just a day after his relative Andrew Getty was found dead at his Hollywood home having suffered a 'traumatic injury to the rectal area'. The court was told that Getty, who is a director of the jewellery company run by his wife Sabine Ghanem, earns £40,000 a year as a financial analyst and was given a £96,000 bonus last year. Prosecutor Kate Shilton told the court Getty was stopped just after 11pm on March 17, and had difficulty walking. 'He was stopped due to the manner of the driving, and officers could smell alcohol on his breath', she said. 'Mr Getty got out of the car and appeared unsteady on his feet. He had to be helped on to the footpath by the officers.' Rebecca Lee, defending, said Getty had made a 'stupid decision' to drive home from an evening celebrating his wedding with friends who lived less than a mile away. 'The friends hadn't been able to come to his wedding, they offered him a glass of wine and he agreed, she said. 'It was at home, a large glass, and maybe the glasses were topped up without close attention being paid to how much exactly was being drunk. 'He just didn't think, it was half a mile to drive home and that's what he did. He wishes he could turn the clock back but he can't.' Socialite: Getty with Princess Beatrice, centre, and his jewellery designer wife Sabine Ghanem, right . The court heard that Getty had previously given up drinking in a bid to lose weight. 'It was pretty unusual on this evening that he had taken alcohol,' Ms Lee said. Magistrate Paul Brookes said: 'Mr Getty, until today you were a man of good character and unfortunately you will lose your good character. 'In your own words it was a very stupid thing to do, but it was more than stupid - it was dangerous.' He was disqualified from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay a fine of £1,000, costs of £85 and a surcharge of £120. Ms Lee told the court: 'He offers his very sincere apologies for driving when he had taken alcohol. 'He very much regrets doing that and understands it was wrong. He recognises he made a serious error in judgement and it is behaviour he does not intend to repeat. 'He is acutely conscious of the effect on his wife and family, he knows they will be very disappointed with him and extremely angry with him for doing something so stupid.' Tragic: Andrew Getty has been found dead at his mansion in Hollywood, naked from the waste down . Ancestors: Joseph Getty is great-grandson of J. Paul Getty, left, and grandson of Sir John Paul Getty, right . Getty is the son of Mark Getty, the founder of leading photographic agency Getty Images, and the grandson of philanthropist Sir John Paul Getty. The Getty dynasty was started by J. Paul Getty, Joseph's great-grandfather, who became the richest man in the world thanks to the Getty Oil Company and went on to set up a number of acclaimed art institutions, despite being a notorious miser. But the super-rich family has been touched by tragedy, most recently when Andrew Getty - son of John Paul's brother Gordon - died after years of drug-taking and hard partying. He was found unconscious in his mansion, naked from the waste down and suffering from a brutal injury to his 'rectal area', according to the authorities. Sir John Paul Getty, who died in 2003, was an Anglophile who became a British citizen and built a replica of The Oval cricket ground at his country estate in Buckinghamshire, Wormsley Park. But he also suffered family tragedy as his second wife Talitha died of a heroin overdose, and his son John Paul Getty III was kidnapped in Rome. The family thought that John Paul III was faking his own kidnapping until his ear was cut off and sent to them. He was left paralysed after a drug overdose led to a stroke, and he died four years ago at the age of 54.
Joseph Getty, 26, drove his Range Rover through Belgravia while drunk .
He has been banned from driving for 20 months and fined £1,000 .
Getty is the son of Getty Images founder and great-grandson of oil baron .