Interior designer Ashley Hicks has split from one of his pregnant ex-wife Kata de Solis’s best friends shortly after they began a relationship, it has been claimed.
Mr Hicks, who is Prince Philip’s godson and Prince Charles’s second cousin, has allegedly already ended his brief liaison with Martina Mondadori Sartogo.
Miss Sartogo, who is the godmother of Mr Hicks and Miss de Solis’s seven-month-old son Caspian, was apparently trolled online after news of their relationship emerged.
Ashley Hicks and Kata de Solis married in 2015 in what was dubbed an ‘Instagram wedding’
A source told Page Six: ‘Things have turned nasty for the new couple. She was in love with Ashley until she realised everyone was going to hate her.’
Mr Hicks, 55, wed Miss de Solis, 36, in 2015 in what was dubbed society’s first ever ‘Instagram wedding’ after the couple met through the social media site.
However, they are now divorcing – and a friend told the Daily Mail last week: ‘He’s left her but he is hoping they will be able to have a good relationship.
Miss de Solis, an American, had recently announced online that she was expecting a second child born within 12 months of Caspian, saying: ‘Uh-oh, here we go again.’
Mr Hicks, 55, and Miss de Solis, 36, got engaged just one month after meeting on Instagram
Miss de Solis is no longer living at Mr Hicks’s home in Oxfordshire and has told friends she is extremely stressed at being deserted, the Mail reported.
‘It is a huge worry for Kata with Ashley having run off, but she knows she will somehow just have to cope,’ the friend added.
Mr Hicks, who is son of the late designer David Hicks, and grandson of Earl Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, married Miss de Solis at his family home.
They got engaged just one month after meeting on Instagram, having been introduced online by illustrator Donald Robertson, who was also best man.
Martina Mondadori Sartogo is a good friend of Mr Hicks’s former wife Kata de Solis (right)
The nuptials were attended by Mr Hicks’s daughters from his first marriage to designer Allegra – Angelica and Ambrosia.
Also present at the wedding was his mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, and sister India, a bridesmaid at Lady Diana’s wedding in 1981.
Last year Miss de Solis revealed how she was struggling to bond with her stepdaughter, who is just 11 years younger than her.
‘I get on with the younger one (Ambrosia, 21), but not the older one,’ Miss de Solis said at a party in Mayfair.
Mr Hicks (left) is Prince Philip’s godson and the second cousin of Prince Charles (right)
‘She lives in New York and I think that’s better for us, because we don’t see each other that often.’
She also revealed tensions over her choice of bedroom for Caspian, saying: ‘We didn’t want to have problems with the stepchildren.
‘If we gave Caspian the largest room in the house, they wouldn’t be happy, even though they don’t live with us. They’re already not super-thrilled about the kid.’
MailOnline has approached Mr Hicks’s representatives for comment today. The news of his split with Miss Sartogo was confirmed by her publicist to Page Six.