Mr Grubb, 61, took his divorce settlement to the Court of Appeal yesterday, arguing that he had “contributed 100 per cent” of the family wealth through inherited property and his job as a chartered surveyor, and that the award to his ex-wife, Jennifer, was therefore “exorbitant”. He lost his case after Lord Justice Thorpe said Mrs Grubb “has to have her needs met” and the question of what that equated to was a matter of “discretion”.