BRITISH FOREIGN secretary William Hague has revealed that his wife has suffered repeated miscarriages during their 13-year marriage in a statement forced by allegations that he has had a gay relationship with a young special adviser, who quit yesterday.
Christopher Myers (25) resigned from his £30,000-a-year post after British blogger Guido Fawkes revealed that Mr Myers and Mr Hague had shared twin- bed hotel rooms during the election campaign.
The allegations that a homosexual relationship ever existed were “untrue and malicious”, Mr Hague said.
Denying that he had ever had a relationship with any man, Mr Hague said British media organisations had repeatedly tried to claim his marriage to his wife Ffion was in difficulties, largely on the basis that they had no children.
One newspaper had reported that she was three months pregnant when she had just lost the baby.
“Ffion and I believe that everyone has a right to a private life. However, we now feel it necessary to give some background to our marriage because we have had enough of this continued and hurtful speculation about us.
“I have made no secret of the fact that Ffion and I would love to start a family. For many years this has been our goal.
“Sadly this has proved more difficult for us than for most couples.
“We have encountered many difficulties and suffered multiple miscarriages and, indeed, are still grieving for the loss of a pregnancy this summer.
“We are aware that the stress of infertility can often strain a marriage, but in our case, thankfully, it has only brought us closer together. It has been an immensely traumatic and painful experience, but our marriage is strong and we will face whatever the future brings together.
“We have never made this information public because of the distress it would cause to our families and would not do so now were it not for the untrue rumours circulating which repeatedly call our marriage into question.
“We wish everyone to know that we are very happily married,” Mr Hague added.
He said that he and Mr Myers had shared twin-bed hotel rooms during the campaign. “Christopher Myers has demonstrated commitment and political talent over the last 18 months. He is easily qualified for the job he holds. Any suggestion that his appointment was due to an improper relationship between us is utterly false, as is any suggestion that I have ever been involved in a relationship with any man.
“This speculation seems to stem from the fact that whilst campaigning before the election, we occasionally shared twin hotel rooms. Neither of us would have done so if we had thought that it in any way meant or implied something else.
“In hindsight, I should have given greater consideration to what might have been made of that, but this is in itself no justification for allegations of this kind, which are untrue and deeply distressing to me, to Ffion and to Christopher,” he went on.