by KATIE FEEHAN and JAMES ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE
A distant cousin of the Duchess of Cornwall who was embroiled in one of Britain’s longest-running divorce battles is thought to have taken his own life in a London hotel room.
Charles Villiers and estranged wife Emma Villiers hit headlines after becoming involved in a dispute over whether their divorce should be settled in Scottish or English courts.
The couple separated in 2012 and filed for divorce in 2014, making their bitter marital conflict one of the longest on record as at the time of his death it was still unresolved.
The court battle spread across five different courts and 20 judges over eight years and at one point involved a police investigation into allegations of bigamy against Mrs Villiers – claims which were later dismissed by detectives.
According to the Times, the 59-year-old was found dead by a housekeeper in a room at the Durrants Hotel in London’s Marylebone last week. It was also claimed that he had recently been declared bankrupt…
