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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Athena Stavrou

Earl Spencer hires same divorce lawyer used by King Charles to separate from Diana

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Earl Spencer is understood to have hired Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia, the renowned divorce lawyer who King Charles once used to separate from Princess Diana, as he announced the breakdown of his third marriage.

Spencer, 60, is said to have instructed the “demon negotiator” branded a “steel magnolia” to end his marriage to Canadian philanthropist Countess Karen Spencer, 52, after 13-years together.

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