Adele + Simon konecki married?, She enjoys the accolade of having the biggest selling UK album of the 21st century and has won an army of followers with her songs. But while fans of Brit-nominated pop star Adele, 23, share her delight at finding happiness with new love Simon Konecki, the path to romantic bliss is not entirely without domestic complications.
For bearded Old Etonian entrepreneur Konecki has already experienced married life, having wed fashion stylist Clary Fisher in the summer of 2004. The couple, who have parted, have a five-year-old daughter.
The singer — full name Adele Adkins — is devoted to Simon, known as ‘Swampy’ to his friends, who is 14 years her senior. When he married Clary, a London College of Fashion graduate, he was a director of the EBS group, an investment holding company.
The pair moved in glamorous social circles, counting multi-millionaire property figure Anton Bilton, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood’s son Jamie and Lucas White, the party-loving playboy son of the late industrialist Lord ‘Gordy’ White, among their pals.
But after Konecki left the City, to set up an eco-company with White, his marriage failed.
Despite moving to his home town of Brighton with Clary and the birth of their daughter, the couple grew apart. Grammy award-winning Adele, who is recovering from surgery on her vocal cords, was introduced to her new beau by singer Ed Sheeran a couple of months ago.
Their backgrounds could not be more different. While Adele was raised by her single mother and went to an inner-city primary in Tottenham, Konecki was sent to Eton, where contemporaries included Tom Parker Bowles and Bear Grylls.
His parents live in a £1 million waterfront house in Florida, and his sisters went to posh Roedean.
According to friends, Konecki is in the process of divorcing. He and his wife separated in 2010.
When approached, Clary, who lives in Sussex and still uses her married name, refused to comment. A spokesperson for Adele did not respond to requests to clarify Konecki’s marital status.
Dame Lesley, described by the then civil service chief Sir Gus O’Donnell as a wonderful role model, was planning her nuptials right up to the very end. White, 61, human resources director at the Home Office and one of the country’s highest paid civil servants, is said by friends to be heartbroken.
It was only two months ago that Dame Lesley stepped down from her job due to ill-health. She had been diagnosed with cancer in July, but had intended to return to work. Deteriorating health forced her decision to quit to concentrate on treatment.
Starting her civil service career as an administrative assistant in 1971, she worked her way up to chief executive of Jobcentre Plus before joining HMRC.
‘I accepted her resignation with huge sadness,’ says Sir Gus. ‘Over the past 40 years, Lesley has devoted her life to public service.’
For bearded Old Etonian entrepreneur Konecki has already experienced married life, having wed fashion stylist Clary Fisher in the summer of 2004. The couple, who have parted, have a five-year-old daughter.
The singer — full name Adele Adkins — is devoted to Simon, known as ‘Swampy’ to his friends, who is 14 years her senior. When he married Clary, a London College of Fashion graduate, he was a director of the EBS group, an investment holding company.
The pair moved in glamorous social circles, counting multi-millionaire property figure Anton Bilton, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood’s son Jamie and Lucas White, the party-loving playboy son of the late industrialist Lord ‘Gordy’ White, among their pals.
But after Konecki left the City, to set up an eco-company with White, his marriage failed.
Despite moving to his home town of Brighton with Clary and the birth of their daughter, the couple grew apart. Grammy award-winning Adele, who is recovering from surgery on her vocal cords, was introduced to her new beau by singer Ed Sheeran a couple of months ago.
Their backgrounds could not be more different. While Adele was raised by her single mother and went to an inner-city primary in Tottenham, Konecki was sent to Eton, where contemporaries included Tom Parker Bowles and Bear Grylls.
His parents live in a £1 million waterfront house in Florida, and his sisters went to posh Roedean.
According to friends, Konecki is in the process of divorcing. He and his wife separated in 2010.
When approached, Clary, who lives in Sussex and still uses her married name, refused to comment. A spokesperson for Adele did not respond to requests to clarify Konecki’s marital status.
Dame Lesley, described by the then civil service chief Sir Gus O’Donnell as a wonderful role model, was planning her nuptials right up to the very end. White, 61, human resources director at the Home Office and one of the country’s highest paid civil servants, is said by friends to be heartbroken.
It was only two months ago that Dame Lesley stepped down from her job due to ill-health. She had been diagnosed with cancer in July, but had intended to return to work. Deteriorating health forced her decision to quit to concentrate on treatment.
Starting her civil service career as an administrative assistant in 1971, she worked her way up to chief executive of Jobcentre Plus before joining HMRC.
‘I accepted her resignation with huge sadness,’ says Sir Gus. ‘Over the past 40 years, Lesley has devoted her life to public service.’
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