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My wife had me sectioned eight months into our marriage. I was pinned to the floor by police and carried away by men in white coats. This is the impact it's had on us - and on the bond with my kids: HESTON BLUMENTHAL

My wife had me sectioned eight months into our marriage. I was pinned to the floor by police and carried away by men in white coats. This is the impact it's had on us - and on the bond with my kids: HESTON BLUMENTHAL

Daily Mail​26-06-2025
The very first time she met her future husband, Melanie Ceysson did something remarkable. Astonishingly, Heston Blumenthal, the brilliant but 'eccentric' chef she would later marry, let her. Neither has forgotten the unusual intimacy of the moment.
'She took the glasses off my face and cleaned them,' Heston, 59, explains. 'They must have needed cleaning, but I hadn't noticed.'
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