"The Duke of Marlborough, formerly known as Jamie Blandford, has been charged with intentional strangulation. Charles James Spencer-Churchill, a relative of Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales, is accused of three offences between November 2022 and May 2024, Thames Valley police said. The 70-year-old has been summonsed to appear at Oxford magistrates court on Thursday following his arrest on 13 May last year. The three charges of non-fatal intentional strangulation are alleged to have taken place in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, against the same person."
"Spencer-Churchill, known to his family as Jamie, is the 12th Duke of Marlborough and a member of one of Britain's most aristocratic families. He is known to have had a long history of drug addiction in the past. Related to the wartime prime minister Sir Winston a first cousin, three times removed and also distantly to Diana through the Spencer line, Spencer-Churchill inherited his dukedom in 2014, following the death of his father, the 11th Duke of Marlborough."
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, the 12th Duke of Marlborough, has been charged with three counts of non-fatal intentional strangulation alleged between November 2022 and May 2024 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The 70-year-old was arrested on 13 May last year and has been summonsed to appear at Oxford magistrates' court. He is related to Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales, and inherited the dukedom in 2014 following his father's death. He has a reported long history of drug addiction. Blenheim Palace is the ancestral family home but is owned and managed by the Blenheim Palace Heritage Foundation, which said it was unable to comment.
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