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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 'did not sign a pre-nup' |
A pre-nuptial agreement was not signed by Prince William and Kate Middleton before their wedding last week, it has been claimed.
Reports in the Daily Mail suggest that no legally-binding document was drawn up for the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prior to the ceremony in order to safeguard his wealth and ensure she would be provided for in the event of a split.
Although family law experts had suggested a pre-nup may have been in place, senior royal sources denied this and also said Prince William had not refused to sign one.
"For him to refuse, it would have had to [be] suggested to him by someone and it was not. There is no pre-nuptial agreement in place for this wedding," the insider insisted.
The newspaper states that Prince William earns £37,170 a year as a flight lieutenant in the RAF and was also left £6.5 million by his late mother Diana.
It has been repeatedly suggested that the Law Commission may soon make pre-nups legally binding in the UK in order to avoid court battles in cases where one spouse is significantly richer than the other.
The KCJ family team have experience of preparing pre-nuptial agreements. In a non-celebrity context these are currently made primarily by people who have substantial business assets or inherited wealth prior to marriage, or a previous divorce settlement and children from the earlier marriage.
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