{"id":194395,"date":"2023-09-30T21:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T21:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=194395"},"modified":"2023-09-30T21:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T21:24:16","slug":"seb-coe-and-his-fiancee-separate-nine-months-after-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/seb-coe-and-his-fiancee-separate-nine-months-after-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Seb Coe and his fianc\u00e9e &apos;separate nine months after engagement&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Seb Coe and his glamourous fianc\u00e9e &#8211; who would have been wife number 3 &#8211; &#8216;separate nine months after announcing engagement&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The couple were friends for 12 years before their lockdown romance in 2020<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They are both said to be devastated by the end of their relationship<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>His love life has never run as smoothly as his glittering career on and off the track<\/p>\n<p>Now friends have been left &#8216;stunned&#8217; by the news that Sebastian Coe has split from the glamorous PR woman he planned to make wife number three.<\/p>\n<p>The Mail on Sunday has learned Lord Coe, 67, and Sarah Robarts, 53, have broken up just nine months after announcing their engagement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who were friends for 12 years before embarking on a lockdown romance in 2020, are both said to be devastated by the end of their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>A friend said: &#8216;It has come as a total shock to everyone, we&#8217;re all stunned. They were together just a few weeks ago at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest and seemed madly in love and happier than ever.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/21\/76021097-12579461-image-m-6_1696106780466.jpg\" height=\"741\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Mail on Sunday has learned Lord Coe, 67, and Sarah Robarts, 53, have broken up just nine months after announcing their engagement<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/21\/76021095-12579461-image-m-7_1696106787179.jpg\" height=\"392\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He was married to first wife Nicky McIrvine, pictured, for 12 years before they split in 2002. She is the mother of his four children, Alice, Peter, Madeleine and Harry<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They have always seemed like the perfect couple which is why it&#8217;s such a shock that they have split. It&#8217;s a total mystery.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The couple were planning an intimate wedding ceremony next year, and the MoS has been told the split is &#8216;amicable&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Robarts, a mother of two who runs one of LA&#8217;s most prestigious PR companies, Ballantines, declined to comment last night.<\/p>\n<p>A source said: &#8216;Sarah is absolutely heartbroken but wishes Seb nothing but the best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They seemed a perfect match. Sarah is beautiful on the inside and out, she runs triathlons and is very sporty. She&#8217;s also a talented artist. Seb has shown up to support her events just as she has been jetting all over the world to support him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>As head of World Athletics, Coe was splitting his time between his homes in Monaco and London and Ms Robarts&#8217; house in Manhattan Beach, California.<\/p>\n<p>Coe won gold in the 1500m at the Olympics in 1980 and 1984, was a Tory MP for five years, and masterminded the London 2012 Games \u2013 but he is no stranger to romantic drama.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/21\/76021111-12579461-image-a-20_1696107157358.jpg\" height=\"969\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The couple, who were friends for 12 years before embarking on a lockdown romance in 2020, are both said to be devastated by the end of their relationship<\/p>\n<p>He was married to first wife Nicky McIrvine for 12 years before they split in 2002. She is the mother of his four children, Alice, Peter, Madeleine and Harry.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Female athletes warned Seb Coe there was &#8216;absolutely NO way&#8217; transgender athletes who have transitioned after puberty could be allowed to compete in women&#8217;s events &#8211; as World Athletics votes to EXCLUDE them\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>He then married journalist Carole Annett in 2011 after an eight-year romance. Ms Annett&#8217;s first husband, Andy, branded Coe a &#8216;marriage wrecker&#8217; in 2004 for allegedly romancing his wife of 15 years before they had split.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Annett claimed at the time: &#8216;He began an affair with my wife almost a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m very angry. We have children. He ruined my marriage.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Coe vehemently denied his claims. He and Ms Annett separated in February 2020 and he began his romance with Los Angeles-based Ms Robarts later that year.<\/p>\n<p>A source said: &#8216;Seb and Sarah were friends for 12 years and then it developed into this wonderful romance. Everyone was thrilled they found love again at this stage in life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They seemed so well-suited. When they got engaged he gave her the most amazing diamond ring. It was a rock. It&#8217;s a real shock that they have broken up. No one can understand it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Some within the couple&#8217;s circle say Coe has become increasingly focused on a possible run to become President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) when Thomas Bach&#8217;s term ends in 2025. A source told the MoS: &#8216;He is talking in private about making a run for the IOC job which would be the cherry on top of his amazing career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The next year will be a pivotal one for him and it is just very sad he won&#8217;t be doing it with Sarah by his side.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12579461\/Seb-Coe-glamourous-fianc-e-wife-number-3-separate-nine-months-announcing-engagement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seb Coe and his glamourous fianc\u00e9e &#8211; who would have been wife number 3 &#8211;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":194394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seb Coe and his fianc\u00e9e &amp;apos;separate nine months after engagement&amp;apos; 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