‘Don’t wait until you want revenge’ – why prenups are on the rise

These days its not just the rich and famous; more of us are deciding it makes sense to have a legal agreement that sets out what happens to the money if the marriage ends, with younger couples particularly likely to sign one, even when there aren't great wealth differences to consider.

There has been much speculation over whether Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce signed a prenup before their wedding this year There are no official figures, but in the US, where divorce courts have always tended to uphold prenups, nearly half of married millennials and more than one in three Gen Z report that they have a prenup.

Here too it is younger couples leading the way, with around one in three married under-35-year-olds having signed one, according to surveys.