Who is Julia Keys? Richard Keys’ wife whose husband had affair with their daughter’s friend Lucie Rose
She has published a book to help people figure out if their partner is cheating on them
JULIA Keys' husband Richard's affair with his daughter's friend has been well documented.
She is currently divorcing him and has written a book to help people identify when their partners are cheating on them. But what else do we know about her?
Who is Julia Keys?
Julia Keys was married to former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys for 34 years.
She is 58 years old and is a trained psychotherapist.
Julia and her estranged husband, 60, have two children together, Jemma (an actress who was born in 1985) and Joshua (who was born in 1989 and works as an assistant producer in the USA).
She has been battling thyroid cancer over the last few years and had an operation on a tumour in her neck in 2009.
Julia stuck by Richard Keys in the midst of a sexism storm in 2011. Keys and co-host Andy Grey were recorded off-air making lewd comments about a female colleague, he resigned soon after the footage was leaked.
How did Julia Keys find out her husband was cheating on her?
Julia began to have suspicions about Richard's infidelity when his behaviour changed and he became protective and defensive over his phone privacy.
Julia, who has published a book on how to identify when your partner is cheating on you called MANscript, confirmed her suspicions when Richard fell asleep during a train journey and she replied to messages his mistress, Lucie Rose, had been sending to his phone.
She told the Mail On Sunday: "Suddenly a message came through from Lucie saying, 'Are you OK?'. I took the phone and pretended to be Richard, and wrote 'No. I’m not.'
"The response was, 'You sound so sad. I wish I was there to give you a big cuddle.' We went on messaging from there."
Julia claims that when she confronted her husband about the messages, he finally admitted that he had become "extremely close" to Lucie.
She claims Richards bullied her into making a statement in October 2016 that the affair had not taken place.
But in a U-Turn he has now admitted to the affair, and said: "If you really love your wife but are tempted to get a bit of excitement elsewhere you have to be prepared to lose the one you really love — it just isn’t worth it.”"
What do we know about Lucie Rose?
Lucie Rose is a family friend, a pal of Julia and Richard's daughter Jemma.
She is 28 years old and works as a lawyer.
She met Richard and Julia on the Qatar social scene.
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Lucie was working in Qatar for the Qatar Investment Authority, but she has since returned to the UK to work for Baker & McKenzie Ltd, a city law firm.
She has so far refused to comment, although she recently posted pictures of herself living the high life in a bikini aboard a friend's yacht to her social media accounts.
She is reportedly still in a relationship with Richard.