In the British royal family - two divorces per week

Everyone recall the decay of the marriage of Prince Charles with Diana and sympathize with Elizabeth II

The nephew of the British queen decided to divorce after 26 years of marriage

The nephew of the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II David Armstrong-Jones on February 17 announced a divorce from his wife Serena after 26 years of marriage. The official representative of the spouses said that they parted by mutual agreement and ask the press to respect their personal life.

58-year-old Armstrong-Jones, who is the title of Count Snowodon, is the son of Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Elizabeth II, and photographer Anthony Armstrong-Jones. His parents divorced after 18 years of marriage. He is engaged in the manufacture of furniture and interior design, in line for the throne he is the 21st in a row.

Armstrong Jones married the Anglo-Irish aristocrat Serena Stanhope in 1993. The couple has a 20-year-old son Charles and 17-year-old daughter Margarita. Why the spouses decided to get a divorce is not officially reported. Daily Mail with reference to friends of the couple writes that they have been remote from each other and recently lived separately.

A week ago, the senior grandson of the queen announced the divorce

The announcement of the Count and Countess Snowdon was the second news of the divorce in the royal family in a week. On February 11, the senior grandson of Elizabeth II, Peter Phillips, announced the parting with his wife Otem after 12 years of marriage. The couple decided to part to maintain friendly relations in the interests of their daughters-9-year-old Savannah and 7-year-old Aila.

The 42-year-old Phillips is the son of Princess Anna, the only daughter of Elizabeth II, and her first husband, an athlete-confusion Mark Phillips. He became the first child from the British royal family for 500 years, who was born in a legitimate marriage and did not receive the royal title . Phillips has been working in the field of sports management and is married to Canadka Otem Kelly since 2008.

The source of The Sun surrounded by Phillips said that his wife was the initiator of the parting, but did not specify the reasons for her act. “Peter is devastated, he did not expect this,” added the interlocutor The Sun. But the Vanity Fair source rejected this version and said that the couple discussed the upcoming divorce for several months and announced the royal family about it back in 2019; Relatives allegedly reacted with sadness, but with understanding.

Despite the fact that Otem Kelly from Canada, after a divorce, she is not going to return to her homeland, the source of the Daily Mail said . She and Peter Phillips will raise her daughters together in the English county of Gloucester, where they lived after the wedding.

These are the first divorces in the royal family in 24 years

For the closest relatives of Elizabeth II, these two divorces became the first since 1996. That year, the high -profile divorce proceedings immediately completed the two sons of the British queen: in May, Prince Andrew officially divorced the Duchess of Yorka Sarah Fergusson, in August - Prince Charles with Princess Diana. Both separations were accompanied by scandals in the press.

The collapse of the marriages of the grandson and nephew, according to the British press, upset Elizabeth II. Despite the fact that the divorces in the royal family have long ceased to be rare (three of the four children of Elizabeth II were divorced), the queen still advocates the preservation of marriage, said Ingrid Seward, the editor -in -chief of the Majesty, dedicated to the life of the royal family.

According to Seward, the Queen believes that to divorce “too simple”, and calls for relatives to try to restore relations. “She usually said this:“ Wait two years and see what will come of it, ”Seward said in an interview with OK!, Excerpts from which Daily Mail quotes.

The expert added that Elizabeth II has hopes for the fortress of the marriage of his grandson and the second person in line for the throne of Prince William, who has been married to Kate Middleton for nine years and raises three children with her.

The British media sympathizes with Elizabeth II: the last year was difficult for her

The British publications are unanimous that the last year was difficult for Elizabeth II. It all started with a scandal around her son, Prince Andrew. He was criticized for contacts with the American businessman Jeffrey Epstein, who in August 2019 committed suicide in prison after accusations of sexual exploitation of minors. In November, Prince Andrew tried to justify himself in an interview with BBC, but the attempt came out so unsuccessful that after four days he was deprived of the royal powers.

A new, even larger scandal, flared up in January 2020, when the grandson of Elizabeth II Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle decided to take off the royal powers and move to Canada. They lost the right to officially represent the royal family and receive state funding. Despite the fact that Elizabeth II supported Harry and Megan's desire to “start a new life”, their move was still accompanied by a great noise in the press and social networks. He even gave rise to two new words: “megzit” and “meganmarkville” .

Olga Korelina