SOUTH AFRICA: EARL SPENCER REACHES OUT OF COURT DIVORCE DEAL - YouTube
SOUTH AFRICA: EARL SPENCER REACHES OUT OF COURT DIVORCE DEAL
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Published on Jul 21, 2015
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Earl Spencer - the brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales - will be  granted a divorce from his wife, Victoria Lockwood, in South Africa on Wednesday.
The couple, anxious to avoid more embarrassing revelations about their private lives, has reached an out-of-court agreement reportedly in excess of 3 million dollars.
The proceedings became acrimonious after it was alleged by Lady Spencer's lawyers that her husband had a dozen adulterous affairs during their eight-year marriage.
This Cape Town courtroom has been the venue for one of the most bitter and public divorces in either British of South African history.
But late on Tuesday, in the midst of a hearing to decide in which country the case should be heard, an out-of-court settlement was agreed.
British tabloids - quoting unnamed sources - reported that Lady Spencer is to receive more than 3 million (m) dollars, as well as her luxury Cape Town home.
But both sides are forbidden from revealing terms of the settlement - or any more private details of their life together.
A statement from the couple declared that the two aimed to rebuild a civilised and friendly arrangement for the sake of their four children.
Spencer reportedly will  pay all the legal costs, believed to be about half a million dollars.
Lockwood had originally sought a settlement of 6 point 3-million dollars, while Spencer had offered just half a million dollars plus monthly expenses.
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