Editing Roy Jenkins (section)

==Marriage and personal life==
[[File:Roy Jenkins, President of the European Commission, at the Catshuis in The Hague.jpeg|thumb|left|Jenkins in 1977]]
On 20 January 1945, Jenkins married Mary Jennifer (Jennifer) Morris (18 January 1921 – 2 February 2017).<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/08/dame-jennifer-jenkins-obituary |title=Dame Jennifer Jenkins obituary |first=Dennis |last=Barker |date=8 February 2017 |work=The Guardian |location= London}}</ref> They were married for almost 58 years until his death, although he had "several affairs",<ref name=bbcdocumentary>{{cite AV media |title=A Very Social Democrat: A Portrait of Roy Jenkins |first=Michael |last=Cockerell |year=1996 |location= London |type=Documentary |editor-first1=Alison |editor-last1=Cahn |editor-first2=Anne |editor-last2= Tyerman |work=BBC Two}}</ref> including one with Jackie Kennedy's sister [[Lee Radziwill]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Obituary: Roy Jenkins |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/980382.stm |work=BBC News}}</ref> Among his long-term mistresses were Leslie Bonham Carter and Caroline Gilmour, wives of fellow MPs and close friends [[Mark Bonham Carter]] and [[Ian Gilmour]]. However, these extra-marital relationships were conditional on his lovers having a good relationship with his wife: he later stated that he "could not imagine loving anyone who was not very fond of Jennifer".<ref name=saunders />

She was made a [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] for services to ancient and historical buildings. They had two sons, Charles and Edward, and a daughter, Cynthia.

Early in his life, Jenkins had a relationship with [[Anthony Crosland]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10687788/Roy-Jenkins-male-lover-Tony-Crosland-tried-to-halt-his-marriage.html |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Keith |last=Perry |title=Roy Jenkins' male lover Tony Crosland tried to halt his marriage |date=10 March 2014 |url-access= subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/16/double-lives-a-history-of-sex-and-secrecy-at-westminster |title=Double lives – a history of sex and secrecy at Westminster |work=The Guardian |location= London |date=16 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/string-affairs-gay-relationship-secret-6921941 |title=A string of affairs and a 'gay relationship': the secret life of Roy Jenkins, the best PM Britain never had |first=James |last= McCarthy |date=6 April 2014 |work=walesonline}}</ref> According to the former Liberal Democrat Leader [[Vince Cable]], Jenkins was bisexual.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/10/19/sir-vince-cable-my-liberal-hero-roy-jenkins-was-a-bisexual-man/ |title=Sir Vince Cable: My Liberal hero Roy Jenkins was a bisexual man |last=Duffy |first=Nick |date=19 October 2017 |work=Pink News |location= London}}</ref>