
The brothers founded Dire Straits - whose fans included Princess Diana - in 1977 and began performing together after leaving the North-east, where they grew up, and later shared a flat in London. We've got cousins who don't know one another." "Of course it casts a huge shadow on both our lives and our families. The bestselling album by Dire Straits was called Brothers In Arms but it has now been revealed that behind the scenes the group was torn apart by a severe case of sibling rivalry.ĭavid, the younger of the Knopfler brothers, admits that he no longer speaks to Mark after they fell out over the way the band was being run.

Together Mark and David Knopfler were the original lynchpins of one of the world's most successful rock bands.
