Hugh Bonneville’s spouse Lulu ‘broke down in pub as she informed buddies that Downton Abbey star sat her down and abruptly informed her their marriage of 25 years “is over”‘ – weeks earlier than he was seen laughing at Michelle Dockery’s wedding ceremony

Hugh Bonneville’s spouse Lulu broke down in tears on the pub as she informed buddies that the Downton Abbey star had sat her down and abruptly ended their 25-year marriage, it emerged final night time.

Simply weeks later, Bonneville was seen laughing with out his wedding ceremony ring at his co-star Michelle Dockery’s wedding ceremony.

It has emerged that the actor’s spouse Lulu Williams, 55, wept in a pub close to their residence in West Sussex and informed buddies that Bonneville sat her down one night in July and stated it was over.

‘She acquired extremely emotional speaking in regards to the break-up,’ one native revealed final night time. 

It is not recognized if there’s a new girl in his life however these near Ms Williams have spoken in help of her, with one saying: ‘It is clear that Lulu feels as if 20-odd years of marriage counts for nothing.’

On the weekend, a spokesman for Bonneville confirmed that the couple, who’ve a 20-year-old son, Felix, had certainly separated. 

Whereas it got here as a shock to some, there had been murmurs inside showbusiness circles through the years that each one was not effectively within the relationship. Nevertheless, Ms Williams often supported her husband at premieres in addition to accompanying him on movie units internationally.

Hugh Bonneville and spouse Lulu Williams attending the Home Of Fraser British Academy Tv Awards 2016 

Bonneville laughing at Michelle Dockery’s wedding ceremony on September 24, 2023 

It’s not recognized whether or not Ms Williams visited him on the set of Paddington In Peru, Bonneville’s newest movie and the third film within the Paddington franchise, shot this summer season.

5 years in the past, to mark their 20th wedding ceremony anniversary, the couple renewed their vows in Las Vegas.

Again in 2012, Ms Williams insisted that she had been unfazed by her husband’s fame. She stated: ‘I do not take any discover. I do not discover ladies fawning over him – though I do know all people talks about it. Remember we met as youngsters and now we have loads of historical past.

Hugh Bonneville and spouse Lulu Williams attending the Downton Abbey premiere at Cineworld Leicester Sq. in London on September 9, 2019

Hugh shot to superstardom for his portrayal of the Earl of Grantham on ITV interval drama Downton Abbey. Pictured: Hugh on the present

A supply claimed that Hugh, pictured right here in London in October final yr,  ‘misplaced a little bit of weight this summer season, he was wanting trim, tanned and relaxed’

Hugh Bonneville and Lulu Evans on the Viceroy’s Home, movie premiere, London, UK – 21 Feb 2017

Bonneville and Lulu have been final seen collectively in public on the Previous Vic Theatre in London for a gala in April

‘We aren’t fazed by the showbusiness world. We’re simply home-loving folks.’

Just lately, nonetheless, Bonneville had been spending time away from the household residence in within the sleepy city of Midhurst, West Sussex, which he and Lulu purchased some years again.

It’s thought that Ms Williams will stay there.

Sources near the now estranged couple say the choice to separate is a ‘pretty current’ one. In truth, Bonneville was nonetheless carrying his gold wedding ceremony ring when he fronted the Coronation Live performance on Could 7.

Hugh Bonneville has introduced he’s splitting from his spouse of 25 years Lulu Williams. Pictured: The couple on the world premiere of Downton Abbey:  A New Period in April final yr

Pictured: Hugh as The Reverend Roland Smart in BBC sequence Rev

Hugh Bonneville has confirmed a cut up from his spouse of 25 years Lulu Williams. Pictured: Hugh on the premier of Downton Abbey in New York in September 2019

Hugh Bonneville and Lulu Williams pose for photographers on the world premiere of Paddington in November 2014

Simply weeks earlier than, he and Ms Williams have been seen at a gala at London’s Previous Vic Theatre.

Now the pair’s buddies are warning to not anticipate any kind of reconciliation, with one saying: ‘Divorce is trying to be the probably final result.’

In seven weeks, Bonneville will flip 60. Having as soon as known as his spouse his ‘bedrock’, he’ll now go into his seventh decade a bachelor, one thing he confessed he thought he would all the time be earlier than he met Lulu.