Dutch princess splits from husband

CONTROVERSIAL Princess Margarita of the Netherlands — who is in a public feud with her aunt, Queen Beatrix — has separated from her commoner husband, it was reported yesterday.

Margarita and her husband Edwin de Roy van Zuidewijn caused an uproar when they accused the royal house of abusing its powers to investigate his background before the couple married in September 2001.

The royal house denied the charge, but the queen was embarrassed when Margarita granted a tell-all interview in a national magazine, airing the family's dirty laundry.