Royals
Princess Diana’s Relative Reportedly Charged With Intentional Strangulation
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough (also known as Jamie Blandford) — who is related to the late Princess Diana as well as Sir Winston Churchill — has been charged with intentional strangulation, according to multiple reports.
Thames Valley Police confirmed to the BBC and The Guardian that the 70-year-old has been accused of attacking the same person in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, three times over the course of 18 months from November 2022 and May 2024.
He was arrested on May 13, 2024, according to People.
The duke is reportedly scheduled to make an appearance at Oxford Magistrates Court on Thursday, December 18.
While the victim has not been publicly identified, The Independent reported that the incidents were “non-fatal.”
Spencer-Churchill has been married twice. He wed Rebecca Mary Few Brown — with whom he shares a son — in February 1990, but their marriage was dissolved in 1998. He then married Edla Griffiths in March 2002, but they are reportedly separated. They share two children.
Spencer-Churchill is the first cousin, three times removed, of Winston Churchill.
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