By KATIE FEEHAN and JAMES ROBINSON
- Charles Villiers, a distant cousin to Camilla, had spent eight years in divorce battle with wife Emma Villiers
- Couple separated in 2012 and filed for divorce in 2014 and fight was ongoing at time of his death last week
- Mr Villiers said divorce battle should take place in England but Mrs Villiers had argued it should be in England
- The couple had lived in Scotland during their marriage, but the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mrs Villiers
- Mr Villiers took his own life in a room of the Durrants Hotel in Marylebone last week, according to The Times
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.
