But lawyers for Lord and Lady Hertford and William’s three siblings, Lady Gabriella Seymour, 32, Lord Edward Seymour, 30, and Lady Antonia Seymour, 26, say William has behaved in an “unreasonable and vindictive” manner, and want the trusts left undisturbed, whilst those running the family trusts — the Ragley Trust Company Ltd and Seymour Trust Company Ltd — deny bias.
William Seymour, the Earl of Yarmouth, and his wife Kelsey, a former Goldman Sachs banker, are locked in a legal battle with the Marquess and Marchioness of Hertford, William's parents, over control of the 400-year-old Ragley Hall estate in Warwickshire.
William, who the court heard had already been passed estate land and property worth over £4m by the time he was 21, had “little interest in the estate or the trusts” until 2017, the family's barrister Richard Dew said.
“Harry’s account is that William asked him to confirm that Harry would hand over Ragley Hall to William when William turned 30, i.e.
“Harry says he was disappointed with William’s lack of achievements, and that the tipping point in their falling out was a letter from William sent on 25 July 2018 to (Lady Hertford) questioning Harry’s mental capacity.”.
