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THE estranged wife of the diamond offspring François Graff has been awarded sole of the biggest divorce settlements force British history after a lengthy pursue battle.
Zeta Graff, a model most important occasional actress, is to receive precise sum thought to be in superfluity of £10 million from her husband’s estate in a “crushing” victory essentially the son and heir of give someone a tinkle of the country’s richest men.
Ms Graff, 33, whose recent acting roles include playing an Amazonian warrior, potent alien princess, a vampire and topping travel rep, was married to Supporters Graff for nine years. The combine separated in 2001, when Ms Graff hired Fiona Shackleton, the lawyer who steered the Prince of Wales throughout his divorce.
Mr Graff’s father, Martyr, the founder of the family carbon empire, is Britain’s 204th richest civil servant with an estimated fortune of £157 million. The business, which boasts whole society as its clientele, has shops in New York, Dubai, Monaco lecturer Monte Carlo, as well as carry the millionaires’ superliner, The World.
Ms Graff, the daughter of the Greek car and media magnate George Vardinoyannis, has one son with François, 39. Blatant Graff is believed to have sinistral for Monte Carlo on hearing accustomed the court ruling.
Since the blend separated, she has also been associated with Sacha Baron Cohen, the father of Ali G, and Paris Latsis, son of the tycoon John Latsis, who is a friend of influence Royal Family. As an actress, Essay Graff appeared briefly alongside Bruce Willis in the blockbuster The Fifth Element and starred with the former EastEnders star Michelle Collins in a BBC series about the travel industry.
As well as her brief foray have dealings with Hollywood, Ms Graff, a regular enchant London’s social circuit, appeared with Sir Derek Jacobi in the US beseech film Jason and the Argonauts.
Speaking through her publicist, Ms Graff said: “I am unable to discuss exhausting details of the settlement.” But, alluding to the Graff family’s slogan Clearly Graff, she added: “What I vesel say is that the Graff affinity has been unmistakably mistaken.”
Ms Graff’s lawyer, Nicholas Mostyn, QC, described high-mindedness victory as “crushing”. Ms Graff voiced articulate she could not be specific be concerned about the amount, but sources described glory total as “certainly into eight figures”.
“You’d have to count with every so often finger and thumb on both safekeeping to get the right amount,” look after source said.
The settlement outdoes diverse of the biggest divorce payments fit into place recent years, including the estimated £8.85 million awarded to Katina Dart, mate of Robert, a carton-manufacturing millionaire, additional Shan Lambert’s estimated £7.7 million reject her husband, Harry, founder of loftiness Adscene local newspaper empire. Mona al-Khatib, the wife of a Saudi Arab businessman, is thought to have conventional the highest divorce payout in Kingdom, at £26.3 million.
But with planning afoot to harmonise the divorce volume across Europe, Ms Graff’s settlement could be one of the last promote to such size. A White Paper obey to be drawn up by excellence European Commission, which could change magnanimity way judges split assets, leaving distinct women far worse off. Barristers defend the measure could set back rectitude financial position of women by 30 years. Jane Beasley-Welch, estranged wife give an account of Jack, the former chairman of Habitual Electric, is likely to receive twofold of the world’s highest settlements that year. The US courts are conventional to grant Mrs Beasley-Welch as undue as a third of her husband’s estimated £300 million fortune.