I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.

From 1973 until 1980 when they divorced Ritchie's mother was married to Sir Michael Leighton 11th baronet. In addition to his elder sister Tabitha a dance instructor Ritchie has a half-brother Kevin Bayton who was born to Amber Parkinson when Guy Ritchie was a teenager and given up for adoption. Their daughter was born in November 2012.