Jacqueline and William share daughter Emma, a 53-year-old academic. We're still relatively friendly and the last 20 years since we've been separated have been wonderful.' 'Although in actual fact, my husband eventually left me. In 2017, Jacqueline said of her marriage to William: 'My marriage was OK, but my ex-husband and I didn't have an enormous amount in common.'įollowing the split, the iconic author mused over the demise of their marriage, saying: 'For many years I stuck it out because that is what you did. Even the vaguest acquaintance knows perfectly well that we are a couple'.

It would be such old news for anybody that has ever known anything much about me. Speaking to the publication, she said: 'I've never really been in any kind of closet. Jacqueline Wilson came out as gay earlier this year and made the announcement in The Guardian as she pointed out it is 'old news' to those around her but she wanted to go public ahead of releasing Love Frankie, her new gay love story.Īfter the dissolution of her marriage to police officer William Millar Wilson, who she wed in 1965 and split from in 2004, Jacqueline met her partner Trish Beswick at a party and the couple have lived together for 18 years. Jacqueline's breakthrough in children's literature was with The Story of Tracy Beaker (pictured) back in 1991, which followed Tracy living in a children's residential care home nicknamed the 'Dumping Ground,' before getting fostered by author Cam

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