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Spencer's marriage to the former model Victoria Lockwood fell apart three years ago. But only last week did the two parties engage in bitter court battle to decide whether their divorce should proceed in Britain or in South Africa, where both now reside. Lockwood, who wants the case moved back to Britain, claimed that the couple did not expect to live permanently in South Africa and that Spencer had lied about his reasons for moving the family there in the first place. He said, she said, that the move was to allow their children to escape the glare...
Spencer denies the allegations of rampant adultery, with one of his lawyers sneering that Lockwood's team could dig up the names of just three of the earl's alleged dozen mistresses. Meanwhile, the earl, who has always been public about his wife's anorexia and neuroses, has briefed the court on Lockwood's alcohol and drug dependency, stating bluntly, in response to her demands for a sizable settlement, that "I am most fearful that should Victoria receive significantly more money from me than she does at present, she will be unable to resist the lure of the substances...
...Spencer says he is impoverished from inheritance taxes and the cost of visitors to the family estate in Althorp. Many view his claim as an excuse not to give Lockwood a divorce settlement...
...wake of Charles Spencer's ugly divorce hearing in South Africa ? his estranged wife, Victoria Lockwood, is accusing Princess Diana's brother of committing adultery with 12 women during the course of their 8-year marriage ? London's Sunday Times has branded Spencer "one of the most reviled men in Britain...
...that a few times." She said her marriage ended after her husband taped her telephone calls and heard her say "I love you" to Spencer. Just before the divorce, however, Spencer had "a panic attack" and told her he couldn't offer her a future. Collopy is testifying on Lockwood's behalf...