Musicians Ellis-Bextor and Jones, both 43, met when he was auditioning to join her band. They married in 2005, have five sons and live in London
he first words Sophie Ellis-Bextor said to her future husband, Richard Jones, have been immortalised in neon, and are proudly on display in his studio. “It’s embarrassing,” she says with a laugh. “I said: ‘Nice amp.’” It was 2002, they were both in their early 20s, and Jones, a bass guitarist – who would go on toThey met in a rehearsal studio in north London, Richard remembers. “I was like, wow, look at this ethereal, beautiful woman that is way more beautiful in real life than I expected.
Both were already in relationships, and neither was looking to meet anybody else. “First impression was like, wow,” says Richard. “But, you know, you meet beautiful people.” It didn’t really mean anything. On the tour bus, he remembers there being a “sort of electricity, something in the air”. Had there been flirtations before? “Nothing,” says Sophie. Richard says: “It was weird. It was like: ‘Oh’ – and you’re both on the same page.”
Sophie gave birth to their first child, Sonny, two months early, which was stressful but also quite intense in a new relationship. “When we became parents, we’d only been a couple for eight months,” she says. “It was quite full on, but my memory of it is very positive and warm. At the heart of it all, we always felt excited about Sonny.”
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