NIGELLA LAWSON AND CHARLES SAATCHI'S MARRIAGE HAS COME TO AN END - KITCHEN

Nigella Lawson: official divorce

The divorce declaration did not come as a surprise: on June 16, the Sunday People had published photos taken of the couple while having a meal at an outdoor table at Scott's restaurant, in the elegant London district of Mayfair, in which Mr. Saatchi was clasping his hands around his wife's neck The images had provoked a strong reaction and sparked a public debate on domestic violence in rich and famous couples.

Nigella had then left the family home, worth 16 million pounds, with her children Cosima and Bruno, had by her first husband John Diamond, who died in 2001 after battling throat cancer for four years. Nigella married Charles Saatchi in 2003 and the couple, always considered one of the most close-knit and glamorous in England, would have celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in September.

Nigella Lawson is the daughter of politician Sir Nigel Lawson and heiress Vanessa Salmon. After earning a bachelor's degree in ancient and modern literature from Oxford, she worked as a freelance journalist for the Sunday Times, The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph. Passion for food crossed paths with journalism when The Spectator magazine asked her to write a weekly column as a restaurant critic. another book. Since then Nigella has published nine other books and directed fourteen television programs, which have brought her international fame. Her books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide and her food empire is currently valued at 20 millions of pounds.