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Martin Luther King Jr's children settle legal feud

The children of Martin Luther King Jr have finally resolved the long-running and bitter battle over their father's estate.

Martin Luther King III, Bernice King and Dexter King have been squabbling in open court in Atlanta for more than a year about the way their father's legacy is managed.

The three are the only surviving children of the civil rights activist, who was assassinated in 1968, and his wife Coretta Scott King, who died in 2006.

Among the contentious issues were the division of $32m (£20.3m) from the sale of the Nobel laureate's archives, and the ownership of love letters written to their mother from their father.

The siblings began negotiations yesterday morning as the threat loomed of a public trial that was expected to reveal personal and financial details about King Inc, the multimillion-dollar firm set up to control their father's estate. Had they not reached an agreement, jury selection would have started this week.

Read entire article at Guardian (UK)