Christopher has been married to Sarah for over 25 years. They have three children – Barnaby, Sapphire and Pollyanna, who now have all left school.

In April 2007 Sarah and Pollyanna were involved in a bus crash in south London, which killed Sarah’s mother Elizabeth. Sarah had extensive life changing injuries and Pollyanna had to have a leg amputated as a result.

In 2011 Sarah with her twin sister Victoria set up a charity called Elizabeth’s Legacy of Hope to raise money for child amputees in Africxa and India.

The charity raised over £600,000 to support more than 120 child amputees in Sierra Leone, Liberia and India, mostly through a series of fund raising events supported by Dame Joanna Lumley and others.

The charity was wound up in February 2023 and care for the amputees was passed to ELoH’s partner charities in Africa and India.

Sarah became a campaigner for road crash victims, and urged Transport for London to do more for victims of crashes on its network.

In 2016 TfL established the Sarah Hope Line, a helpline for crash victims, a voice of kindness for those affected. Sarah won a Pride of Britain award in 2017 and was made MBE in 2020 for her work on road safety and supporting child amputees.