Complex sentence: Gerald is the current Duke of Denver and points out that strictly, to be tried by his peers would be difficult, as a result he is tried by the entire House of Lords to much scandal and the distress of his wife Helen.
Split into simpler sentences: Gerald is the current Duke of Denver and points out that strictly, to be tried by his peers would be difficult. As a result he is tried by the entire House of Lords to much scandal and the distress of his wife Helen.