James Blunt’s Wife: Everything to Know About Sofia Wellesley, Including Her Royal Pedigree

James Blunt’s Wife: Everything to Know About Sofia Wellesley, Including Her Royal Pedigree


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James Blunt became an instant sensation when his album Back to Bedlam hit shelves in 2004. With his massive hit “You’re Beautiful,” the shaggy-haired former British soldier had legions of women in the U.K., U.S., and beyond pining the pure and earnest romance the song exuded. Other equally romantic songs followed, including the tear-inducing “Goodbye My Lover” and catchy “Same Mistake” followed, and the hitmaker’s star rose rapidly.

It didn’t hurt that then-“it girl” Mischa Barton made a surreal starring appearance in his dreamy “Goodbye My Lover” video, and before long news emerged that he was dating supermodel Petra Nemcova. They famously dated between 2005 and 2007.

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Seven years later, he married Sofia Wellesley, a woman of noble pedigree, and they’ve since welcomed children and retreated into a private existence. “People have always asked me, ‘When are you going to settle down?’ And I’m lucky to have met someone who worked at a higher tempo than me and instead of ­settling down, I had to speed up. I wish I could say I was still in the Ibiza clubs all the time,” James perviously told The Sun while promoting his new album Who We Used to Be.

In 2013, James told the Daily Mail, “What I will say is that I’m very happy at the moment with Sofia. It takes a strong person to be able to deal with somebody working in music. It’s hard when you’re with somebody and you become embroiled in something just because you were seen standing next to someone else.”

More than 10 years later, James told fans that he’d change his name to whatever they wanted if his album charted at the No. 1 spot.

Here’s everything to know about the marriage of James and Sofia.

The beautiful Sofia catapulted James from simple fame to upper-crust status. That’s because she’s the daughter of Lord John Henry Wellesley and Lady Corinne Vaes, and the granddaughter of the late Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington. It’s a mouthful, to be sure, and there’s a reason for that — Sofia’s family titles have meant rubbing shoulders with the British aristocracy, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. In fact, the couple scored a coveted invite to Harry and Meghan’s massive royal wedding in 2018.

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