Dawn French is part of a blended family and she makes no distinctions. She refers to her own daughter, two stepchildren and godchildren as her “beloveds” – and she loves them all fiercely. “Family is everything to me,” says the actress, writer and comedian. “That’s where I know I belong.
I am a mother to three kids who are not kids any more and that is my greatest challenge and also my greatest pleasure.” Dawn adopted her daughter Billie, 29, with first husband Lenny Henry, while her second husband, charity executive Mark Bignell, has provided her with stepchildren Lily, 29, and Olly, 26.
Although the star is always mindful of their natural mother, she rarely refers to them as her stepchildren. Like much of the country, the family spent
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