The court heard the Duke was “unable to attend” today’s hearing
The Duke of Marlborough is accused of strangling his estranged wife, according to court documents. Charles James Spencer-Churchill, who is a relative of Sir Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, is accused of three intentional strangulation offences against Edla Marlborough between November 2022 and May 2024.
The 70-year-old was summonsed to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday but the court heard he was “unable to attend”. District Judge Kamlesh Rana said the case will be listed for a plea hearing in front of the Chief Magistrate at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on January 5.
Court documents say the three charges of non-fatal intentional strangulation against his estranged wife are alleged to have taken place in in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Spencer-Churchill, known to his family as Jamie, is the 12th Duke of Marlborough and a member of one of Britain’s most aristocratic families.
