Personal Life
Saunders married Adrian Edmondson on 11 May 1985 in Cheshire. They have three daughters: Eleanor "Ella" Rose (born 22 January 1986, Hammersmith, London), Beatrice "Beattie" Louise (born 19 June 1987, Kensington and Chelsea, London), and Freya Domenica (born 16 October 1990, Wandsworth, London).
Saunders currently owns a £1 million property with 45 acres (180,000 m2) of land in Chagford, Devon as well as a home in London. Edmondson and Saunders were estimated to be worth £11 million in 2002.
In July 2010, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2009. She is in remission following a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
On 27 August 2012, Saunders and Edmondson became grandparents when their daughter Ella gave birth to a baby boy, Fred.
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