Private Life
In the mid-1980s Havers began an affair with Polly Williams, the sister of his friend, the actor Simon Williams. News broke as he was appearing in TV series The Charmer and caused him to be identified with the role in his public persona. Havers has written of the depression he experienced trying to choose between his marriage to Carolyn Cox and their young daughter Kate, born in 1977, and his mistress. During this time he consulted a psychiatrist at the Devonshire Hospital in London. Things were resolved in his mind when he took a part in the TV film Naked Under Capricorn which was filmed in Alice Springs, Australia. He describes in his autobiography wrangling a herd of cattle and catching sight of a figure in the distance who turned out to be Williams. The following year they were married. Polly Williams died of cancer on 24 June 2004. Subsequently Havers challenged his wife's will, in which she left her estate to her children from an earlier marriage, obtaining a share of the estate in an out of court settlement.
Havers married Georgiana Bronfman in New York City on 8 June 2007. A blessing was held in Saint Tropez the following month. Georgiana is the former wife of Canadian billionaire drinks magnate, Edgar Bronfman, Sr
During Episode 4 of Series 5 of the BBC One show 'Would I Lie To You?' (first aired 29 September 2011), Havers revealed in his youth he went on a date with a flamenco dancer who turned out to be a man. He only discovered this after spending two hours with the dancer before going for a close dance - during which he found out!
On 15 November 2012, Nigel was issued with an honorary membership for the exclusive Panama club.
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