As Billie Piper splits with Laurence, we take a look at the tangled love-lives of the Fox family
AS one of the nation’s most celebrated acting dynasties, the Fox family are no strangers to drama.
But nowadays the clan, which includes veteran actor Edward and Silent Witness star Emilia, are as well known for the plot twists in their off-screen lives.
Laurence, 41 — DI James Hathaway in ITV cop drama Lewis — is the latest Fox to fail in marriage.
He announced his split from actress wife Billie Piper, 37, in 2016.
The pair have been married for eight years, with two young children, Eugene and Winston.
Meanwhile, his cousin Emilia, 45, has split from her long-term partner, the chef Marco Pierre White, 58 who is still married to Mati Conejero, 51, despite an acrimonious split.
Her suave father Edward this week sparked an outcry by saying it was natural for men to cheat on their wives.
Here we take a closer look at the tangled romantic affairs of the famous Foxes.
Robin Fox
THE dynasty began through theatre agent Robin Fox and his actress wife Angela, parents to sons Edward, James and Robert.
Robin, who died in 1971, started the family’s tradition of troubled marriages.
He told his wife, who was pregnant at the time with Edward: “You know I have no intention of being faithful to you. I shall sleep with whoever I like.”
He is reported to have had affairs with Princess Marina, the late Duchess of Kent, and it was rumoured he had fathered a child with theatrical agent Ros Chatto, his longstanding mistress.
Her son Daniel Chatto is married to Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of Princess Margaret, the Queen’s late sister, and Lord Snowdon.
Edward Fox
BEST known for starring in tense 1973 thriller The Day Of The Jackal, Edward, 78, was married to Dr Strangelove actress Tracy Reed from 1958 to 1961.
The pair have a daughter together, Lucy.
Back in the Seventies, Edward fell for fellow screen performer Joanna David while he was still living with another actress, Eileen Atkins.
Edward has also admitted to having other lovers during his longstanding relationship with Joanna, 69.
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And this week he caused a storm by suggesting that it was natural for men to cheat.
He said: “Men need to play the field and spread their seed, whereas women don’t have that same biological urge.