Affair With David Blunkett
Quinn's three year affair with Blunkett ended acrimoniously in mid 2004. During that period Quinn gave birth to one son and became pregnant with a second child. The paternity of the two children became a matter of dispute. DNA tests confirmed Blunkett's paternity of Quinn's elder child. Following the end of the affair between Quinn and Blunkett, moves by him to gain informal access to the first child were rejected by Quinn, and in early December 2004 Blunkett petitioned the Family Division of the High Court to grant him legal access.
Controversy around a number of matters arising from the affair, particularly concerns over the handling of the visa of Quinn's nanny, contributed to Blunkett's resignation in mid-December 2004. Shortly after Blunkett's resignation it was revealed by the News of the World that Quinn had also had an affair with Simon Hoggart, a political journalist and regular contributor to The Spectator.
In February 2005, Quinn gave birth to a second son. A month later, Blunkett announced that DNA tests had revealed that he was not the father of Quinn's second child. Stephen Quinn angrily denounced Blunkett's renewed interference in his family's life the following day.
On November 24, 2006, Quinn resigned from her post at The Spectator.
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