Mr Bean Rowan Atkinson divorces Sunetra Sastry after 24 year of marriage - for a woman half his age

November 10, 2015, NewsCrunch

British actor Rowan Atkinson has divorced his wife Sunetra Sastry after 24 years of marriage.

The couple split in 2014, and have been living separately since 2013, when Atkinson, 60, stared dating a British actor Louise Ford, 32.

Atkinson met Ford in 2013 after appearing together in a TV show.

Sunetra Sastry, daughter of an Indian engineer from London, was working as a make-up artist for the BBC, when she met and married Atkinson.

The couple have two children together - Ben, 22, and Lily, 20.

Atkinson, one of Britain’s richest entertainers, is estimated top be worth £70million. Sunetra Sastry continues to live in his 21 million pound mansion in London.