Laurence Fox is engaged! Divisive actor confirms surprise proposal to Arabella May Fleetwood Neagle

Laurence Fox surprised social media followers on Monday morning by announcing his engagement. 

The divisive actor, 43, confirmed his proposal to the previously unknown Arabella May Fleetwood Neagle in a Telegraph ad before sharing the news with his 305,000 Twitter followers. 

Sharing a snip of the announcement, Fox – known for generating controversy on the social media platform – wrote: ‘She said yes.’ 

The short announcement was originally printed in Monday’s edition of the Telegraph with the words: ‘The engagement is announced between Laurence Paul Fox and Arabella May Fleetwood Neagle.’  

She said yes: Laurence Fox surprised social media followers on Monday morning by announcing his engagement to the previously unknown Arabella May Fleetwood Neagle

Days earlier Fox posted a photo of himself sharing a kiss with what appeared to be a mystery blonde woman, her face obscured, while relaxing on an undisclosed beach. 

The Instagram post, shared on New Year’s Eve, was uploaded without additional context and strongly suggested it was yet another online prank. 

An earlier photo, shared in August, saw the same head of messy blonde hair resting against the actor’s chest as they shared what appeared to be an intimate moment.  

Captioning the image, she wrote: ‘Luckiest man in the world.’  

The actor was previously married to Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star Billie Piper for eight years, divorcing in 2007, and the pair have  children Winston, 12, and nine-year-old Eugene.  

Unexpected: The divisive actor confirmed his proposal in a Telegraph ad before sharing the news with his 305,000 followers

Previously: A photo, shared in August, saw a  head of messy blonde hair resting against the actor’s chest as they shared an intimate moment 

Fox has previously used his Twitter platform to rail against wokeness, entitlement, COVID vaccination and the Black Lives Matter Movement – pertinently the concept of taking the knee – prompting inevitable outrage and heated debate among followers. 

His most recent controversy saw his Twitter account temporarily suspended over a post about Manchester City star Benjamin Mendy which read ‘Get kneeling, f*****s’ after news broke he was being charged with four counts of rape and sexual assault.

Fox – whose illustrious acting dynasty includes his father, James Fox – was dropped by his agent last year after an appearance on Question Time in which he rowed with an ethnicity lecturer over Meghan Markle.

The Fox acting dynasty: Who are Laurence Fox’s famous family?

Laurence Fox comes from a distinguished acting family. His sister Lydia and brother Jack (One of many in the family to have appeared in Midsomer Murders) are both actors.

Father James Fox is a film and TV actor who appeared in Performance, Death In Paradise, Downton Abbey and Midsomer Murders.

His uncle Edward’s impressive film CV includes Battle Of Britain, The Day Of The Jackal, A Bridge Too Far and Johnny English Strikes Again.

Edward’s first wife Tracy Reed appeared in Dr Strangelove and the original Casino Royale.

His second wife Joanna David has appeared in TV hits Colditz, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders and The Darling Buds of May.

Laurence’s other uncle Robert was once married to Natasha Richardson, herself from a famous acting dynasty.

Laurence’s cousins include Emilia, with movie hits such as The Pianist on her resumee, and TV actor Freddie 

In good company: In May Fox was pictured at a Reclaim rally alongside an attractive blonde

Back in January 2020, he accused Rachel Boyle, an academic at Edge Hill University on Merseyside, of ‘being racist’ after she called him ‘a white privileged male’ for denying the Duchess of Sussex was hounded from Britain for being mixed-race.

Their angry exchange began when Boyle said criticism of Meghan in the media had been motivated by ‘racism’, adding: ‘She’s a black woman and she has been torn to pieces.’

But Fox hit back, saying: ‘it’s not racism’ and continued: We’re the most tolerant, lovely country in Europe… it’s so easy to throw the charge of racism at everybody and it’s really starting to get boring’. 

There she is: The young woman (pictured left)  accompanied Fox as he took to the streets of London 

As the row continued he quoted Martin Luther King’s 1963 ‘I have a dream’ speech about living in a nation where children ‘will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character’ on Twitter. 

He said: ‘This is the position I took last night and I live by in life. If you can improve on it, I’m all ears. Or you can keep screeching ”Racist!” at me and I can carry on having a jolly good giggle at your expense. The tide is turning’. 

In March this year the former actor launched a bid in London’s mayoral election, but won 47,634 votes placing him in sixth with 1.8 per cent of the vote.  

Old times: The actor was previously married to Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star Billie Piper for eight years, divorcing in 2007

Family: The former couple share two children, sons Winston, 12, and nine-year-old Eugene (pictured with Winston in 2008)

Fox has also waded into the anti-vax row, insisting that he could remove his children from school because of his opposition to the Government’s Covid vaccination programme.

He said he would educate them at home rather than let them be vaccinated without his consent.  

‘Every parent who loves their children should resist this insanity,’ said the actor-turned-political campaigner.

Actor-turned-political campaigner Laurence Fox, 43,  has blasted social media giant Twitter after his account was suspended after he tweeted: ‘Get kneeling f*****s’

Fox’s Twitter account was suspended after his ‘provocative’ tweet that caused a furious backlash online

‘I will not be sending my kids back to school. I will educate my kids at home from now on. 

‘The rushed vaccination of children, for no reason whatsoever, shows how deeply morally corrupt this regime has become. I look forward to reading with them at home and staying the hell away from the authorities.’

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