UK Court of Appeal upheld the status of a pre-nuptial agreement (not legally binding in the UK) that she and her ex-husband had signed in Germany.

When a marriage breaks down in the UK, nine times out of 10 the man gets the short straw. After actor John Cleese's eye-watering £12.5m (€14.5m) divorce settlement this week that left him poorer than his ex-wife, lawyers say it is high time UK divorce laws were given a revamp.