She alleges that Spencer's wife 'found out from someone close to me' and 'in the course of a conversation about whether I had been having an affair with her husband – which I can categorically say I had not been, we were very much just friends and colleagues until after the marriage had ended – Karen learned that I have MS. Earl Spencer and Lady Karen Spencer at Harry and Meghan's wedding in Windsor in 2018.
Countess Spencer is fighting the case, and her defence papers state: 'For the avoidance of any doubt, Lady Spencer is perfectly entitled to and will (where relevant or necessary) continue to explain that [Dr Jarman] and her husband had an affair and that this was why he wanted a divorce and offered no explanation for doing so in such an insensitive and inexplicable manner after 13 years of marriage.
Countess Karen Spencer, 52, revealed on Instagram that she and her 12-year-old daughter Lady Charlotte had 'at long last' moved into their 'temporary new home' from Althorp (above).
Countess Karen Spencer, 52, revealed on Instagram that she and her 12-year-old daughter Lady Charlotte had 'at long last' moved into their 'temporary new home'.
Earl Spencer and Lady Karen Spencer (pictured in June 2018) announced their split last June.
