Reading this morning’s paper, I was struck by this comment from John Charman. He’s just been ordered by a court to give his wife of 29 years £48 million pounds in a divorce settlement:
“I made a fair and reasonable offer to my wife of £20m, which would be impossible for any reasonable person to spend in their lifetime,” he said.
Mr Charman’s total worth, pre-divorce, was over £130 million. Taking away £48 million from that, still leaves him with the goodly sum of £82 million.
So, if £20 million is more than a reasonable person could expect to spend in a lifetime – why is Mr Charman so upset about the outcome when he still has assets worth more than 4 times the amount he could reasonably spend in a lifetime?