Helen McCrory has left her £850,000 estate to her two children and husband Damian Lewis following her death from breast cancer, in estate documents released this week.
Actor Damian, 51, has since confirmed his affair with US rocker Alison Mosshart, 43, after they were photographed on several outings together this month.
The actress, who most recently starred in the hit series Peaky Blinders, died in April 2021 at the age of 52 after a secret battle with breast cancer, the couple had been married since 2007.
Exciting: Helen McCrory has left her £850,000 estate to her two children and husband Damian Lewis, 51, after her death from breast cancer, in probate documents released this week
The documents showed that Helen had placed her assets in a trust and named Damian and Coutts Bank as trustees.
Their two teenage children, daughter Manon, 15, and son Gulliver, 14, and any future grandchildren have been named as beneficiaries.
Damian’s representatives were contacted by M.
Sweet: It comes as Damian and Alison confirmed their romance when they snuggled up at private members’ club The House of KOKO’s summer party earlier this week
It comes as Damian and Alison confirmed their romance when they snuggled up at private members’ club The House of KOKO’s summer party earlier this week.
The Homeland actor’s new romance comes 14 months after he was devastated by the death of his beloved wife Helen – but revealed how his late wife urged him to find love again in a moving eulogy.
And while he seems ready to start a new relationship with Alison, Damian left his wedding ring tight during their latest outing.
The duo were joined by The Kills guitarist Jamie Hince, Kate Moss’ ex-husband, as well as Ellie Goulding, film director Darren Strowger and singer Dionne Bromfield.
Caught: Damian was still wearing his wedding ring in a picture taken with English film director Darren Strowger
Damian recently received the seal of approval from his new rock singer’s mum, who says she can’t wait to meet the Homeland star.
The couple met through friends while hanging out in London and have grown fond of each other, Alison’s mother Vivian, 76, revealed.
Speaking exclusively to from her Florida home, Vivian, 76, said: “I don’t know how much flak I’m going to get for all this but of course we’re happy for them.
The couple met through friends while hanging out in London and have grown fond of each other, Alison’s mother Vivian, 76, revealed.
Budding romance: The couple met through friends while hanging out in London (pictured alongside Alison at the National Gallery’s summer launch party late last month)
Another outing: Damian and Alison were then spotted back together at the Serpentine Summer Evening Event late last month
Day out: Meanwhile, photos from his tour of the Red Bull Racing garage show Allison standing nearby
Vivian, 76, said from her home in Florida: “I don’t know how much flak I’m going to get for all of this, but of course we’re happy for them.
“They have friends in common. I don’t know exactly how they met, but I’m okay with that. If she’s happy, we’re happy. I have yet to meet him, but I would definitely like to do it.’
Ring finger: Damian wore his wedding ring
Alison and father-of-two Lewis were photographed together for the first time last month at a swanky fundraising party for London’s National Gallery.
A fellow passenger, who spotted the couple taking the train to the event, told The Mail on Sunday the two looked “100 per cent romantically involved – like they’re on a hot date”.
They were spotted again last week at the Serpentine Gallery’s annual summer party, one of the highlights of the British capital’s social season.
And last weekend, the loved-up couple were photographed again at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone, with Alison posting on Instagram afterwards: “Absolute thrill. I’m still floating…at 200 miles per hour.”
Alison was raised on Florida’s east coast, where her father, Mark, 73, owns a wholesale auto business appropriately named Alison Auto Brokers.
Vivian said her daughter – who performed under the stage name Baby Ruthless – got interested in music when she was “nine months old,” played drums in sixth grade and started her own punk band when she was 11 or 12.
Passing: When Helen died, Damian revealed how his late wife had pushed him to find love again, telling him and their son and daughter that she wanted “daddy to have lots of girlfriends” (pictured together in 2019) .
But she insisted that Alison shouldn’t be pigeonholed as a punk rock singer, and was every bit as intellectual and accomplished as the Eton-educated Lewis.
“It’s not easy to summarize. She is a complicated, beautiful woman and very intelligent,” Vivian told .
“She is so talented in so many areas that it never ceases to amaze us. It actually amazes us. We are very proud.”
When Helen died, Damian revealed how his late wife had pushed him to find love again, telling him and their son and daughter that she wanted “daddy to have a lot of girlfriends”.
Damian added in the social media post: “She died while she was alive. Fearless. God we love her and know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives. She shone so bright. Go now, little one, into the air.’
Tribute: In a social media post at the time of her death, he wrote: “She died while she was alive. Fearless. God we love her and know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives. She shone so bright. Go now, little one, in the air’