Pierce Brosnan’s estranged son Christopher, 46, seen in London 15 years after being cut off by the actor over his drug habit
PIERCE Brosnan's estranged son Christopher has been spotted in London 15 years after being cut off by the actor over his drug habit.
The 46-year-old was on the phone and wearing three pairs of glasses as he crossed the road in Notting Hill.
He hasn't spoken to his famous dad, 66, who adopted him in 1986, for years.
Christopher is the son of Pierce's late first wife Cassandra Harris and her ex-husband Dermot.
The movie star raised Christopher and his sister Charlotte, though tragedy struck in 1991 when their mother Cassandra died of ovarian cancer aged 43.
The family suffered more agony when Christopher's sister Charlotte died of the same disease aged 41, in 2013.
Despite his troubles, Christopher was given the opportunity to work as an assistant director on Pierce's films Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and The Thomas Crown Affair.
But after getting hooked on cocaine and heroin, Christopher's life spiralled out of control.
In 1997 he was handed a three-month prison sentence for drink-driving.
In an interview with Playboy in 2005, Pierce revealed the pair were no longer in touch.
He said: "Christopher is still very lost. Shockingly so. I know where he is, but he's having a hard life.
"I can only have strong faith and believe he will recover. He has tested everybody in this family but none more so than himself. He knows how to get out. He doesn't want to."
That year he starred on the original series of Love Island alongside Sophie Anderton, Paul Danan and Brendan Cole.
Meanwhile his dad found happiness with Keely Shaye Smith who he married in 2001.
Following his first wife's death, Pierce became a global acting legend with a plethora of crowd-pleasing roles including a seven year stint as James Bond and starring opposite the late Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire.
He is also a dad to Sean, 36 - his biological son with Cassandra - and Dylan, 22, and Paris, 18, who he shares with Keely.
Last year he spoke candidly about the death of his wife and daughter, saying: “I don’t look at the cup as half full, believe me.
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"The dark, melancholy Irish black dog sits beside me from time to time.”
Pierce now lives in Malibu with Keely after meeting on a Mexican beach back in 1994.
He often shares loving posts about her, with pictures of their time together, to his 1.8million social media followers.
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