Sting married actress Frances Tomelty on 1 May 1976. They had two children: Joseph (b. 23 November 1976), and Fuschia Katherine "Kate" (b. 17 April 1982) Sumner. In 1980, Sting became a tax exileGQ, June 1985, Interview with Fred Schruers in Galway, Ireland. In 1982, after the birth of his second child, he separated from Tomelty. Tomelty and Sting divorced in 1984 following Sting's affair with actress Trudie Styler. The split was controversial; as The Independent reported in 2006, Tomelty "just happened to be Trudie's best friend (Sting and Frances lived next door to Trudie in Bayswater, west London, for several years before the two of them became lovers)".
Sting married actress Frances Tomelty on 1 May 1976 They had two children Joseph (b 23 November 1976) and Fuschia Katherine "Kate" (b 17 April 1982) Sumner In 1980 Sting became a tax exileGQ June 1985 Interview with Fred Schruers in Galway Ireland In 1982 after the birth of his second child he separated from Tomelty Tomelty and Sting divorced in 1984 following Sting's affair with actress Trudie Styler The split was controversial; as The Independent reported in 2006 Tomelty "just happened to be Trudie's best friend (Sting and Frances lived next door to Trudie in Bayswater west London for several years before the two of them became lovers)"