Entertainer Stephen Fry admits there is a gaping hole in his life – caused by not having children.
The actor and writer, 65, revealed he discussed starting a family with husband Elliot Spencer, who is 30 years his junior.
But the couple, who wed in 2015 when the Jeeves and Wooster star was 57, have since accepted they will never be parents.
The ex-QI host said: “There is a part of me that obviously feels in another world, if I’d timed things right, I might have had children.
"I have many godchildren now, nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews, but I’ll never experience a child growing up. It’s a slight sadness.
“I mean, that’s probably the biggest hole in my life experience.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to have done so many things, and experienced so much, and met so many people I’ve been thrilled to meet and had opportunities that are just unbelievable, really.”
The Blackadder comic added: “I’ve had opportunities, I suppose, to have had children. I could have sorted something out.
“Elliot and I, we talked about it a bit, but we never talked about it to the extent of ‘Right, so, we’re going to a clinic tomorrow to talk this through to some expert’.
“We never quite got that far. It was always ‘Yeah, it would be nice, wouldn’t it?’
“So that’s probably that. Otherwise, of course, there are regrets in life.”
Fry wed fellow comedian Elliot in Dereham, Norfolk, near where he grew up.
He is godfather to three of writing and acting pal Hugh Laurie’s kids. The duo met at Cambridge university, where they were in the Footlights revue with actors Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery.
