A distant cousin of the Duchess of Cornwall who was part of a long-running divorce battle has been found dead in a London hotel room, it has been reported.
Charles Villiers, 59, had checked into the Durrants Hotel and was found dead by a housekeeper, The Times said.
Mr. Villiers, whose late mother was a cousin to the future Queen Consort, had lost the most recent round of divorce litigation spanning eight years in June, with a complicated financial settlement still unresolved.
Charles Villiers Obituary
Camilla’s distant cousin has taken his own life in a hotel room after being declared bankrupt, according to reports.
Charles Villiers and his estranged wife Emma Villiers were embroiled in a long-running and bitter divorce as they disputed over whether it should be settled in the Scottish or English courts.
They had separated in 2014 before filing for divorce two years later, making the proceedings one of the longest on record.
The 59-year-old is reported to have been found dead by a housekeeper at the Durrants Hotel in London’s Marylebone last week.
Charles is understood to have been sleeping on friends’ sofas before moving onto a pal’s yacht in Greece in recent weeks.