It has been announced that Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, daughter of the late Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Princess Bendikte of Denmark, and her husband, Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, are to divorce after almost 19 years of marriage. The couple have two children, Count Richard and Countess Ingrid.

It has been an incredibly difficult decision. We have known each other for 30 years, but have come to a point where we must acknowledge that we have grown apart