A woman who said she should get a share of the money her multi-millionaire estranged husband made in the years following the breakdown of their marriage, has lost a Court of Appeal fight.

Kim Waggott walked away with nearly £10 million after her 21-year relationship with travel industry boss William Waggott ended.

But she said Mr Waggott built his career from scratch with her support during the time they were together.

She said she was entitled to a share of the "post-separation" fruits of his career.

Mr Waggott, a boss at travel firm TUI - formerly Thomson - said Mrs Waggott's claim should be rejected.

Appeal judges Sir James Munby, Lord Justice Moylan and Mr Justice MacDonald on Wednesday ruled in Mr Waggott's favour, after analysing the dispute at a Court of Appeal hearing in London in October.

Lawyers have suggested that the judges' decision will have implications.

Mrs Waggott was 49 at the time of the appeal court hearing and Mr Waggott 54.

Neither were in court on Wednesday to see the ruling delivered.

Mrs Waggott mounted an appeal after a family court judge made rulings on the division of money at a hearing in London.

Recorder Andrew Tidbury rejected Mrs Waggott's claim to a share of future earnings.

He also said Mrs Waggott, who is an accountant but stopped work around the time the couple's teenage daughter was born, should take steps to return to the job market once she had started to rebuild her life.

Appeal judges heard that Mr and Mrs Waggott had met in 1990, married in 2000 and lived near Great Missenden.

They had separated about six years ago after Mr Waggott twice had affairs.

Judges heard that Mrs Waggott and their daughter still lived in Great Missenden, and Mr Waggott, who in 2011 became chief financial officer of TUI Travel, lived in Markyate, Hertfordshire.