It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.

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.