London: The Goldsmiths finally called a Twitter truce yesterday to their increasingly bitter marital row. After a week spent publicly trading insults on the social networking site, multi-millionaire Ben Goldsmith and his wife Kate decided their ugly break-up should become private, the Daily Mail reported.
However, their apparent truce was immediately put to the test, after it emerged that the Rothschild heiress's alleged lover, US rapper Jay Electronica, posted a photo of her on his Twitter page.
The picture, captioned '@KateRoundtable (her Twitter user name) at the Watch The Helicopter tour', is likely to inflame the bitter break-up.
The rapper also recently tweeted: 'The handling of the heart is a very delicate art cause it's paper thiiiiin (sic).'
Mrs Goldsmith had been branded 'appalling' by her husband over her relationship with Electronica – prompting a succession of extraordinary tweets from her.
She claimed her 'life had been saved' by the rapper, accused her husband of cheating on her and being 'irrational', and said she was merely responding to the 'vultures' taunting her.
Yesterday, however, the prospect of an acrimonious 'Twitter divorce' battle between two of the world's most famous banking dynasties appeared to have led to an agreement.
In a joint statement the couple said: 'We are both deeply saddened that our marriage has ended after nine years.
'It is a matter of regret that, at a time when our emotions and those of our friends have run high, things have been said in public which should have been kept private. We accept our share of responsibility.
'There will be no further comment.' News of the split emerged last weekend after police arrested Mr Goldsmith at the couple's £20million family home in Kensington, West London on suspicion of actual bodily harm.
It reportedly followed a confrontation between the Eton-educated financier, the youngest son of Sir James Goldsmith, and his 29-year-old wife over explicit texts and emails between her and Electronica.
Mr Goldsmith, 31, who inherited £300million, was released without charge after accepting a caution. He later announced he was filing for divorce on the grounds of adultery.
It provoked an ugly war of words between the couple which culminated in the tweets by Mrs Goldsmith on Thursday.
In 14 messages posted in quick succession, the music producer – who calls herself Kate Rothschild on Twitter – wrote: 'Our marriage went bad a few years ago and none of you have any idea what I went through along with my husband. My husband is a brilliant and incredible man... but relationships can go wrong. This is the darkest time of my life.'
In response to a Twitter user who wrote: 'Imagine if you'd been cheated on', she replied: 'I have, several times.' By yesterday morning all the messages had been deleted.
Electronica, 35, refused to comment last night. But a neighbour said: 'Jay is a perfect Southern gentleman. Kate is absolutely lovely. They are a lovely couple.'
