When Rowan Atkinson’s family gathered for his nephew Christopher’s wedding last weekend, they eagerly looked forward to catching up with the Mr Bean star and his wife Sunetra.
However, the comedian’s failure to turn up for the event at the Star Inn in the picturesque Yorkshire village of Harome has heightened their concerns about the state of his 23-year marriage.
The couple, who have two children, Benjamin, 20, and Lily, 19, have not been seen in public together for some months. ‘They have split up,’ claims a member of their social circle. ‘He has a new young lady friend.’
When the 59-year-old Blackadder star collected his CBE from the Queen last October, he requested ‘no publicity’, in stark contrast to most recipients of honours at Buckingham Palace, who are only too happy for the moment to be recorded for posterity, Daily Mail informs.
