Overview
- He appeared at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on Monday and entered not guilty pleas to all three charges.
- The counts concern alleged assaults on his estranged wife, Edla Marlborough, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, between November 2022 and May 2024, and he was arrested on 13 May 2024.
- Court documents outline three incidents including a garden dispute, a confrontation in a laundry room, and an episode on a bed in which hands were allegedly placed around her neck.
- Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring granted conditional bail and directed the case to Oxford Crown Court on 5 February for formal pleas.
- The Blenheim Palace Heritage Foundation said it cannot comment on the charges and emphasized the estate is managed by independent boards of trustees.