First it was the wife of a multi-millionaire property tycoon, now it's former ICI chairman Charles Miller Smith's ex-wife, Debjani, with a court order to vacate the premises or risk forcible eviction.

Mr Miller Smith, 70, who earns £350,000 a year, had argued it was unreasonable to expect him to pay an annual £228,000 for upkeep on the property.

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