Rowan Atkinson granted divorce from wife of 24 years

Comedian Rowan Atkinson and his wife of 24 years have been granted a quick divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour”.

The Mr Bean star has been estranged from ex-BBC make-up artist Sunetra Sastry, 54, since 2014.

Atkinson and his wife were granted a ‘decree nisi’ by a District Judge at the Central Family Court in a short hearing lasting less than a minute.

Neither he nor Sastry, who lodged the petition, were present in court for the announcement.

A source earlier told The Sun: “Sunetra was deeply upset to be replaced by such a younger woman.”

Atkinson, 60, has been dating 32-year-old Louise Ford for the past 18 months. She has appeared in Channel 4’s Misfits and starred in Sky’s Chickens.