Published: 17:30, 9 June 2022 | Updated: 17:59, 9 June 2022
Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen has confirmed that she and her husband Clive have divorced. The star of the agricultural reality show and author of the bestsellers issued a joint statement with Clive on social media stating that the couple made “the difficult decision to divorce”. The statement continued: “This has not been easy, but we both believe it is the right choice for our family’s future. “Although we are no longer a couple, we continue to work on the farm and be co-creators with the first priority the happiness and well-being of our children.” The couple added that they would like to thank everyone for their support and asked for privacy as “they are working at this difficult time”. It comes after months of speculation about the couple’s wedding that had become the talk of the village in Swaledale. Yorkshire Shepherd Amanda Owen Divorced from Clive Husband After 22 Years of Marriage The couple shared a joint statement on social media confirming that they had divorced earlier today They issued a statement late last year, insisting they had not separated, but described a “rocky patch”. The couple, who starred in a Channel 5 series about life at Ravenseat Farm in Swaledale, admitted to going through a “rocky patch” in October and said “we never said our marriage was perfect” after locals revealed they lived separately. . for months. In October, the couple took action to counter the strong speculation with a joint statement that read: “With the TV show and the books we have always aimed to show the reality of life on the farm, and like any wedding we have our anxieties and executives. , combined with all the complexity of what we do on the farm and raising nine children. “We are a normal family and we never said our marriage was perfect. Unfortunately, the constant intrusion into our lives by the media has exacerbated a difficult situation we are going through. We ask the media to respect our privacy as we work for it. The couple share nine children together and joined in 2000 after meeting five years earlier. Last year, neighbors told MailOnline that the couple had been living apart for months after Amanda “came to the fore” on her Channel 5 program. Pictured: Amanda Owen and her husband Clive with eight of their nine children in North Yorkshire The couple, known as the “Kardashians of the province”, are said to be “fighting to save their marriage” after more than two decades. Mr Owen, who has been married to another woman for 13 years, has been described as “desperate” to end their relationship amid “fears” that their marriage would end in divorce. Mr. and Mrs. Owen became adored TV stars on Channel 5’s Our Yorkshire Farm show from 2018, after appearing for the first time on the ITV series The Dales in 2011. The program follows them and their nine children around the 2,000-acre Ravenseat farm as they struggle with hardships to meet farm obligations. However, the harsh way of life depicted in the series seems to have paid off, with the couple’s quarrel becoming the “village discussion”. Mrs. Owen is believed to have moved to their The Firs cottage, located at the top of Upper Swaledale, in a valley surrounded by five acres of meadows and pastures, while Mr. Owen has remained on the farmhouse, according to villagers. The six-bedroom cottage is accessible by a private road behind three gates and dates back to at least the seventeenth century. It has a number of original features, such as flagged stone floors, beamed ceilings, whitewashed walls and a traditional black Yorkshire range. The couple rents Ravenseat Farm and their land from billionaire Robert Miller, who co-founded DFS (Duty Free Shops) and is the father of successor Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg and Pia Getty . are girls of the 1990s.
