‘Family is my number one’: Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen puts on a show of unity by sharing a photo with her husband Clive and their NINE children – amid rumours they’ve been ‘living apart for months’
- TV star Amanda Owen shared a photo of her husband and children on Instagram
- The couple were photographed with all nine of their children on the farm
- Comes after rumours the parents have been living separately ‘for months’
- The snap was shared to mark the success of the Yorkshire Shepherdess’s book
Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen put on a united front with her husband in a new snap, following reports the couple have been living apart ‘for months’.
The 47-year-old shared a photo of husband Owen, 66, and their nine children, aged seven to 20, on Instagram yesterday to mark the success of her new book, Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess.
The snap shows Amanda and Owen, who have been married for 21 years, standing on a windswept hill, flanked by their brood.
It is not known when the photo was taken but their clothing – Amanda is wearing a crop top and short skirt – suggests it was taken earlier this year, before rumours of marital troubles first emerged.
United front: Amanda Owen shared a photo of husband Owen, 66, and their nine children, aged seven to 20, on Instagram yesterday to mark the success of her new book
Family first: Mother-of-nine Amanda said in the caption her family are her ‘number 1’
The caption reads: ‘They’re my number 1. We’ve had plenty of number 2’s to deal with & now we have a number 3 !!!!!! Absolutely stunned to learn that my book is at number 3 in the @thetimes @thetimesbooks bestseller charts.’
The post comes after she was seen wearing her wedding ring as she stepped out in Manchester last Thursday in her first public outing since the reports.
Neighbours told MailOnline last month the couple have been living apart for months after Amanda ‘got caught up in the spotlight’ of her Channel 5 programme.
They said Mrs Owen moved into their rental property down the road from Ravenseat Farm in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, while Mr Owen has been staying in the farmhouse.
The couple, known as the ‘Kardashians of the Countryside’, are ‘battling to save their marriage’ after more than 21 years and nine children.
Mr Owen, who was married to his first wife for 13 years before he met Mrs Owen, is understood to be ‘desperate’ to repair their relationship and ‘fears’ their marriage will end in divorce.
Sending a signal? The post comes after was seen wearing her wedding ring as she stepped out in Manchester last Thursday in her first public outing since the reports
Despite their living arrangements being ‘the talk of the village’, Mrs Owen’s mother Joyce Livingstone later said she had not been told of any marital spat, telling MailOnline: ‘I am gobsmacked.’
She said her daughter had not told her she was living apart from Mr Owen, saying: ‘There was absolutely no hint of any trouble. We watched the programmes on the television, and it did not look like there was anything wrong.’
She added: ‘I have had no contact with anyone. I just don’t know anything. As far I am concerned their marriage is rock solid.’
In a joint statement given to MailOnline, Amanda and Clive Owen said: ‘With the TV show and the books we’ve always aimed to show the reality of life on the farm, and just like any marriage we have our stresses and strains, coupled with all the complexities of what we do on the farm and bringing up nine kids.
‘We’re a normal family, and we’ve never said our marriage is perfect.’
They added they were going through a ‘rocky patch’ in their marriage.
On the rocks? Neighbours told MailOnline Amanda and Owen (pictured) have been living apart for months after Amanda ‘got caught up in the spotlight’ of her Channel 5 programme
Mr and Mrs Owen became adored television stars through the Channel 5 show Our Yorkshire Farm from 2018 after first appearing on ITV series The Dales in 2011.
The programme follows them and their nine children around the 2,000-acre Ravenseat Farm as they battle the harsh elements to tackle rural duties.
As well as the show, Mrs Owen has released numerous books about her ‘idyllic life’ in the countryside, with her latest coming out last month.
In a recent interview with OK! magazine, conducted before the rumours, Amanda revealed neither she nor Owen is romantic – and revealed the secret to the longevity of their marriage.
‘I don’t think either of us are! I don’t think it’s in our make-up,’ she said.
‘Everything we do is interchangeable,’ she said. ‘Clive will serve afternoon tea and change nappies, I’ll shear sheep and shovel s**t. It doesn’t matter who does what, we’re all on the same side.’
Amanda praised Clive for being a ‘hands-on’ dad, adding that ‘at certain times of year, it’s all hands on deck and all tasks on the farm are interchangeable.
Brood: Amanda, 47, live on Ravenseat Farm in Yorkshire with her husband Clive Owen, 67. Pictured left to right: Annas, seven, Violet, 10, Edith, 12, Raven, 20, Amanda with Nancy, four, Clive with Clemmie, five, Reuben, 17, Miles, 14 and Sidney, eight. Pictured: The family are in front of The Fires, where Amanda is believed to be staying
There’s no one hat for any one person and I think that’s a great life lesson.’
The mother-of-nine was also quizzed on a comment she had previously made about never saying never to having a tenth child.
Speaking on whether that’s still the case, she continued: ‘I don’t know! If anyone knows anything it’s honestly that I have not got a plan. I plan for today and maybe tomorrow and that’s where it stops.
‘I think we should all give ourselves a bit of a break when it comes to parenting. As long as the kids are happy, well-fed and washed… that will do.’
It’s thought Amanda has moved into their holiday home The Firs, which is at the top of Upper Swaledale, in a valley and surrounded by five acres of meadows and pasture.
The six-bedroom cottage is accessed by a private road behind three gates and dates back to at least the seventeenth century.
It has a number of original features, including stone flagged floors, beamed ceilings, whitewashed walls and a traditional black Yorkshire range.
Neighbours have claimed Amanda and Clive, pictured, have been living in separate homes for months
The couple rent Ravenseat Farm and its land from billionaire Robert Miller, who is the co-founder of DFS (Duty Free Shops) and is the father of Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg, and Pia Getty – the ‘it’ girls of the 1990s.
Amanda met her husband in 1996 when he was already divorced with two children, after she arrived at his farm as a 21-year-old trainee shepherdess.
Amanda grew up in a traditional three-bed house with her parents and one sibling in the large market town of Huddersfield.
At 6ft 2in, the blonde was encouraged to follow the same career path as her model mother, but she hated the clothes and make-up that she had to wear.
She left her comfortable town life to work on farms around the country, but it’s when she knocked on the door of Ravenseat Farm that she found her calling.
Many of her children help out on the farm when they are not at school – or travelling to and from as the journey takes one-and-a-half hours each way.
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