B2 – Upper Intermediate
Getting divorced is becoming more and more common these days. Many couples are deciding to split for a lot of different reasons. When ultra wealthy couples decide to get a divorce, there’s the lengthy, sometimes ugly, discussion on the financial windfall, of course.
Read the article to know why London is the divorce capital of the world for the super-rich.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-london-divorce-capital-world-for-mega-rich-2019-7
Discussion Questions:
- How did London get the title “divorce capital of the world”?
- Why are the British High Courts so lucrative for wives of the super-rich planning to divorce their spouses?
- What do you think that the British divorce law is much more generous to, typically, the wife, the person without the money?
- Share things you know about divorce proceedings in your country.
- Talk about some high-profile divorces you know about.