Ken Livingstone sperm donor
Ken Livingstone has revealed he acted as a sperm donor for two friends who feared they were running out of time to have children. The former Mayor of London said the pair wanted to start families but had not found the right person.Natural insemination?
66-year-old Ken hinted they did not use artificial insemination – suggesting he slept with the women while living with his then partner, Kate Allen. Mr Livingstone, does not make clear whether the children were conceived by artificial insemination or naturally. In an interview with the Guardian Weekend magazine, he said: ‘That’s as much detail as we want to go into… I don’t think it implies artificial insemination.
Five children
Three years ago it emerged that Mr Livingstone had five children, rather than just the two he has with his wife as had been thought. Now, in his memoir You Can’t Say That, he has revealed details which led to the birth of his first three children. His first children – two daughters were born to journalist Philippa Need in 1990 and 1992. Just weeks after his second daughter was born, political activist Janet Woolf gave birth to his first son in the same north London hospital. He was in a long-term relationship with Kate Allen, when both children were born.
Private life
He also failed to mention whether Miss Allen was aware of his relationships with two other women. Three years ago Mr Livingstone said he would never outline the details of his relationships, saying: ‘I will go to my grave not talking about my private life.’ And he added: ‘No one has ever found anything in my private life that was illegal or immoral.’
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