My life through a lens: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 42 shares the stories behind her favourite snaps
Celebrities share the stories behind their favourite photographs. This week it’s singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 42.
Celebrities share the stories behind their favourite photographs. This week it’s singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 42, pictured
1979: This is a very small me. I like seeing pictures of my mum, the television presenter Janet Ellis, and dad, the director Robin Bextor. They separated when I was four, so I don’t have many pictures of them together. I totally understand why they split up; they were both much happier with the people they ended up with, but it’s nice to see evidence that once they were a couple
1989: I’m ten years old here, and posing with my mum. She presented Blue Peter from 1983 to 1987, mostly as a single mum. That period, before she met my stepdad John, formed the bedrock of our relationship. We are so close, and she lives just ten minutes from me now. It was good for me to see her working hard and doing freefall jumps out of planes – she impressed me
1992: We’re on holiday in Cornwall here. My mum and John got together when I was seven. My brother Jack [bottom right] was born when I was eight, and my sister Martha [left] when I was 11. They were really cute and I was just not – I was much taller than everybody. I was absolutely obsessed with my little brother and sister though; I had Jack on my hip from the time he was born, and gave him his bottle, his bath and put him to bed. I adored it, and I’m sure that sowed the seed for me having billions of kids
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