Georgina Cavendish
CYPRUS: Apparently, Cyprus hasn’t joined the other EU countries in making international divorces easier by allowing spouses to know or to choose which country’s laws will apply to their divorce. The EU’s council secretariat factsheet dated June 4, 2010: The spouses may agree to designate the law applicable to divorce and legal separation provided that it …
EDINBURGH: American couple Theresa and Pasquale Riggi were in the middle of a bitter divorce when their three lovely children were blown up in a gaseous explosion in Edinburgh. The sole survivor, mom Theresa is too sedated to be much aide to the police. Her estranged husband who is the plaintiff, is quoted as being …
Read moreEDINBURGH: 3 children blown up in gaseous explosion were at centre of a protracted divorce
GREECE: More on the hedge fund divorce of Coward and Ambrosiadou Who they are: Martin Coward and Elena Ambrosiadou are a married couple who run a European Hedge Fund called Ikos, which they founded as a couple approximately 17 years ago in London. Ms. Ambrosiadou is a former BP executive and has a background in …
Read moreGREECE: Ikos couple's divorce (Coward & Ambrosiadou) could mean a nightmare for investors
LONDON: Huff Post is reporting that former Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson was caught selling Andrew out for $750,000. She was caught in a sting laid for her by an undercover reporter posing as a businessman.She was selling “access” to the Prince to be exact. Access. She gets you a meeting, you pay her $750,000. …
Read moreLONDON: Sarah Ferguson a gold-digger? No wonder Andrew divorced the former Duchess of York!
CANADA: A top Canadian commander Russell Williams (he piloted the royal airplane carrying Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip in 2005) is accused of killing a number of women around Canada and stealing their panties. Pretty perverse, if true. But the backstory is a bit interesting because it seems his parents divorced when he was a little …
LONDON: I was perusing John Bolch’s blog, Family Lore, and came upon this story of UK solicitor, Andrew Grove who is suing his firm in which he is a partner, “Andrew Grove and Co.” for bad divorce advice. I am still confused as to how that works. This guy is a named partner in the …
[GSMITHBOOK] Times of London had an interesting article today by Terri Apter. In the article, Barbie and Co: The New Sexism, Lost Feminist Dreams, the False Ideals of Marriage – and Barbie Dolls, Apter raises a lot of provocative questions. One question I think she raises is, to what extent does the sexualized barbie doll …
Read moreLONDON: On barbie dolls and other false ideals that wreck a marriage
The Guardian.co.uk is reporting today that Lucy Landry, 38, who was married to American millionaire Harold Landry, in his 60s and known to friends as “H”, was going through a divorce from her husband. It is believed that Harold “made his fortune in oil and engineering and has four children in the US.” According to …
Read moreLONDON: man held in stabbing death of Texan millionaire's estranged wife
Debenhams, a store in UK, has launched a “divorce gift list” service. How novel is that? The High Street store stated that they launched the service becuase when people divorce they only have one of each item left (asset distribution?) and so the newly divorced needs to stock up and friends and family can purchase …
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Thierry Henry, who is thought to earn more than £15 million a year from sponsorship deals and his club Barcelona, found himself pilloried yesterday for his unsporting behaviour that helped to secure France a berth in the World Cup. Politicians and Internet users fuelled the backlash, calling on sponsors to dump him and threatening to …
Read morePARIS: A messy divorce could not undo Thierry Henry but a sleight of hand could