Distant cousin of Queen Camilla loses posthumous legal battle with his wife trends now

A distant cousin of Queen Camilla has lost a long-running legal battle against his wife after being found dead in a central London hotel in August last year.   

Charles Villiers, was locked in a bitter legal fight with his ex-wife Emma, before taking his own life at the Durrants Hotel in Marylebone aged 59.  

The Scottish aristocrat, whose mother was one of Queen Camilla's cousins, died just two months after losing the most recent round of the battle, that has become one of Britain's longest-running divorce cases. 

Now, the UK's Supreme Court has refused to take the case any further, after Mr Villiers' solicitors pushed to overturn the previous ruling. 

The case, which has been heard in five different courts in front of 20 judges, was described as having 'financially ruined' both Mr Villiers' and his wife.  

The couple lived in an 18th century Georgian mansion in Milton, near Dumbarton, during their marriage, before Villiers filed for divorce from his wife in Scotland in 2014. The home was repossessed in 2015. 

Mr Viliers, however, later accused his wife of 'divorce tourism' after she pursued a resolution in England, where courts are perceived to be more generous towards separating wives.

Mr Villiers, a distant cousin of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, had argued that as he and his estranged wife were divorcing in Scotland and should therefore have financial decisions decided in a Scottish court.

The aristocrat, who is from Tyninghame, East Lothian, also argued that the pair had lived in Scotland since their marriage in 1994.  

In Scotland inherited wealth is not taken into account when dividing assets after a marriage breaks down and maintenance payouts are also generally limited to just three

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