The Kidd curse hits Jemma as she splits from Earl
15-years, three children, but another break-up
IT WAS the one marriage in the family that looked to be going in the right direction … but the curse of the Kidds has struck again.
After 15 years and three children, I’m sad to announce that the Countess of Mornington, Jemma Kidd, has separated from her husband Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington.
‘They were unhappy together for a very long time,’ my source tells me. ‘They decided to separate during lockdown – a time during which they were barely speaking to each other.’
In May, Jemma, 45, posted an image on her Instagram account, for the first time in three years, featuring her two sons and a caption that cryptically read: ‘Acts of kindness to me is when you’re supported through the hard times in life.’
But I’m told the writing was on the wall last year when they started arguing, before they went their separate ways – though there were desperate attempts to rekindle their dying love.
It’s the latest sad example of the Kidd curse, which stretches back to Jemma’s father Johnny, a notorious cad who left her mother Wendy.
Jemma’s sister Jodie’s turbulent love life, meanwhile, has seen her two marriages end in divorce, with the supermodel splitting from her second husband after four months.
Jemma and Arthur took their vows in front of a congregation that was a who’s who of the jet-setting, blueblooded crowd at St James’s Church in Holetown, Barbados in 2005.
The blonde bride wore a stunning Christian Lacroix gown while her dashing groom, heir apparent of the Duke of Wellington, watched her sashay up the aisle.
It really did look like they would live happily ever after, especially as the marriage produced three children – Arthur, Alfred and daughter Mae.
The Earl, 42, whose cousin Sophia is married to crooner James Blunt, is known as a social butterfly, much like his late grandfather, the 8th Duke of Wellington, who lived life to the fullest, particularly at his beloved race meetings.
Jemma, 45, gave up her career as a model and make-up artist with a successful line of beauty products t o don a pinny and become a homemaker.
Now, alas, she will not become the Duchess of Wellington – unless her father- in- law, the current Duke, passes away before they officially divorce. The couple issued a statement saying: ‘Jemma and Arthur confirm with sadness that they have decided to separate and they are doing so amicably.’