Doctor Who and E.R actress Alex Kingston, who is starring in this year's edition of Strictly Come Dancing, had two adoption setbacks when the mothers 'took the money and ran' Strictly Come Dancing star Alex Kingston revealed her horror experiences (Image: BBC)

Alex Kingston had her hopes of being a mum dashed twice when the children’s birth mothers “took the money and ran”. ‌

The 62-year-old E.R. and Doctor Who actress, who is competing on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing , has a daughter, Salome, born in 2001 during her marriage to German journalist Florian Haertel. ‌

But Alex said the couple’s efforts to have another child left them devastated. ‌

She admitted: “The second marriage was a success up to a point.

“I think that trying to have more children through

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