Strictly Come Dancing star Alex Kingston revealed the devastating reason she decided to leave her life in London and move to Los Angeles in 1997.

The 62-year-old ER actress was forced to flee the city after her relationship ended, and she struggled to cope with the repercussions of the separation.

Alex, who recently showed off her moves with South African professional Johannes Radebe on the current season of Strictly Come Dancing, was married to British acting legend Ralph Fiennes , 62, for two years before they split up.

The famous couple were in a relationship for a decade, having met in 1983, before they decided to tie the knot, and it was the Conclave actor who ultimately ended things as he had fallen for fellow actress and his Hamlet co-star Francesca Annis, 80, who was 18

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