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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies

Duke of Marlborough appears in court charged with strangling estranged wife

The Duke of Marlborough
The Duke of Marlborough at High Wycombe magistrates court in Buckinghamshire on Monday. Photograph: James Veysey/Shutterstock

The Duke of Marlborough has appeared in court and indicated not guilty pleas to charges of strangling his estranged wife.

Charles James Spencer-Churchill, a distant relative of Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales, is accused of three charges of intentional strangulation against Edla Marlborough between November 2022 and April 2024.

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