At the time, Charles called the separation “immensely sad” in a statement to theDaily Mail.
The other shoe dropped in December 2024, when Karen revealedthe tasteless way Charles allegedly ended their marriage.
If true, this would suggest that Charles hadn’t been committed to Karen for some time.
He was married to Victoria Lockwood from 1989 to 1997, and to Caroline Freud from 2001 to 2007.
Karen, meanwhile, had been married once before she tied the knot with Charles.
She married Hollywood producer Mark Gordon in 1997, and the two split in 2003.
Karen married Charles in 2011, though seemed to understand that he was predisposed to unhealthy relationship dynamics.
There were always women who would have been a good match for him, but he wasn’t interested.
It was the ones who couldn’t love him back who were magnetic for him.
When you’re damaged, you look for damage.
If you’ve experienced trauma and abandonment to the degree Charles did, your brain is hard-wired."
Evidently, however, there was still work to be done.
