"The Duke of Marlborough is accused of strangling his estranged wife, court documents show. Charles James Spencer-Churchill, who is related to Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales, is accused of three offences of intentional strangulation between November 2022 and May 2024. The 70-year-old was summonsed to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court on Thursday following his arrest in May last year but the court heard he was unable to attend."
"Spencer-Churchill, known to his family as Jamie, is the 12th Duke of Marlborough and a member of one of Britain's most aristocratic families. Related to wartime prime minister Sir Winston a first cousin, three times removed and also distantly to Diana through the Spencer line, Spencer-Churchill inherited his dukedom in 2014, following the death of his father, the 11th Duke of Marlborough."
"The duke married his second wife, Welsh ceramicist Edla Griffiths, in 2002 but they separated in 2024. They are said to have met while she was living in Chelsea and working on her art, and they wed after dating for seven years. They had a daughter, the equestrian Lady Araminta Spencer-Churchill in 2007, and a son Lord Caspar Spencer-Churchill in 2008."
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough, is accused of three intentional strangulation offences against his estranged wife between November 2022 and May 2024. He was arrested in May and was summonsed to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court but did not attend. The case is listed for a plea hearing before the Chief Magistrate at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court on January 5. Court documents allege the three non-fatal strangulation incidents occurred in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. He inherited the dukedom in 2014, is related to Sir Winston Churchill and to Diana through the Spencer line, and has two children with his second wife, Edla Griffiths; they separated in 2024.
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