Partner of Princess Diana's brother settles lawsuit against his ex-wife


Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer and Karen Spencer at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - ⁠The partner of Princess Diana's brother has ⁠settled her lawsuit against his ex-wife ‌for alleged misuse of private information after she disclosed her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, London's High Court was told ​on Thursday.

Catrine Jarman, a Norwegian ⁠archaeologist, sued the now ⁠ex-wife of Charles Spencer, uncle to the heir ⁠to ‌the throne, Prince William, and his younger brother Prince Harry, in 2024.

Jarman ⁠said Karen Spencer had disclosed her MS ​diagnosis, which ‌she had sought to keep private, to ⁠a number ​of people shortly after Charles Spencer ended their marriage.

Karen Spencer accepted Jarman's offer to settle the ⁠lawsuit in August, Jarman's lawyer ​Dina Shiloh said in a statement read at the High Court.

"She (Spencer) does not, however, accept that ⁠this entails any admission of liability or wrongdoing, nor has she apologised to the claimant," Shiloh added.

Charles, the ninth Earl of Spencer and ​the younger brother of the ⁠late Princess Diana, married Karen Gordon, founder ​and head of the charity ‌Whole Child International, in 2011. ​Their divorce was confirmed last year.

(Reporting by Sam Tobin; editing by Michael Holden)

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