Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire,[REF] the second of two children of Amber (née Parkinson) and Captain John Vivian Ritchie (b.
In addition to his elder sister Tabitha, a dance instructor, Ritchie has a half-brother, Kevin Baynton, who was born to Amber Parkinson when she was a teenager and given up for adoption [REF].