Editing Hugh Grant (section)

=== Relationships ===
[[File:Elizabeth Hurley08.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Elizabeth Hurley]] (pictured in 2008) was in a much publicised relationship with Grant between 1987 and 2000.]]

In 1987, while playing [[Lord Byron]] in the Spanish production ''Remando Al Viento'' (1988), Grant met actress [[Elizabeth Hurley]], who was cast in a supporting role as Byron's former lover [[Claire Clairmont]].<ref name="runaway bachelor"/> He began dating Hurley during filming and their relationship was subsequently the subject of much media attention.<ref name="Burly">{{cite news|title=Grant leaves girlfriend to face hurly-burly|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/grant-leaves-girlfriend-to-face-hurly-burly-1588798.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=22 November 2015|access-date=31 August 2017|archive-date=2 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902235043/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/grant-leaves-girlfriend-to-face-hurly-burly-1588798.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Media">{{cite news|title=Hurley and Grant fend off media|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/762132.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=22 November 2016}}</ref> While dating Hurley, Grant gained international notoriety for soliciting the services of prostitute [[Estella Marie Thompson|Divine Brown]], in 1995. They separated in May 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley Announce Split |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=APAB&p_theme=apab&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Hugh%20Grant%20and%20Elizabeth%20Hurley%20announce%20split&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22Hugh%20Grant%22%20and%20%22Elizabeth%20Hurley%20announce%20split%22)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413142117/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=APAB&p_theme=apab&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Hugh%20Grant%20and%20Elizabeth%20Hurley%20announce%20split&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22Hugh%20Grant%22%20and%20%22Elizabeth%20Hurley%20announce%20split%22)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no |archive-date=13 April 2012 |url-status=dead |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=23 May 2000 |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref> Grant is godfather to Hurley's son [[Damian Hurley|Damian]], born in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|agency=ANI|title=Liz Hurley's son finally permitted to watch godfather Hugh Grant's movie|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/liz-hurleys-son-finally-permitted-watch-godfather-hugh-132513227.html|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=24 March 2012|access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref>

Grant has five children with two women. In September 2011, he had a daughter with Tinglan Hong, who was variously misreported in the press as a receptionist at a Chinese restaurant in London or a Chinese actress.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/mar/16/hugh-grant-hacking-pirates-film|title=Hugh Grant: 'I love getting into a taxi and saying House of Lords instead of Soho – again'|work=The Guardian|date=16 March 2012|access-date=19 March 2012|first=Decca|last=Aitkenhead}}</ref><ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/nov/23/hugh-grant-leveson-inquiry-supplemental-statement|work=The Guardian|title=Hugh Grant's supplemental witness statement to the Leveson inquiry|date=23 November 2011|access-date=23 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grant wooed in Chinese restaurant|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/grant-wooed-in-chinese-restaurant/story-e6frfmq9-1226187153546|work=news.com.au|date=7 November 2011|access-date=29 June 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111757/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/grant-wooed-in-chinese-restaurant/story-e6frfmq9-1226187153546|url-status=dead}}</ref> His daughter's Chinese name is Jing Xi (驚喜), meaning "happy surprise".<ref>{{cite episode|title=Hugh Grant on being a dad|series=The Ellen DeGeneres Show|air-date=26 April 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDQv5SZU5eM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211116/RDQv5SZU5eM| archive-date=16 November 2021 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><!--spam filter blocked this useful citation: {{cite web|url=http://www.justjared.com/2012/04/27/hugh-grant-reveals-daughters-chinese-name/|title=Hugh Grant Reveals Daughter's Chinese Name|publisher=Just Jared|date=27 April 2012|access-date=29 April 2012}}--> Grant and Hong had a "fleeting affair", according to his publicist.<ref name="The Guardian"/> In 2012, he stated that Hong had been "badly treated" by the media; the press intrusion prevented him from attending the birth of his daughter, with Hong obtaining an injunction to allow him to visit them in peace.<ref name="guardian"/>

In September 2012, Grant's second child, a son, was born to Swedish television producer Anna Eberstein. Later, Grant reunited briefly with Hong, and she gave birth to Grant's third child, a son, in December 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9875027/Hugh-Grant-thrilled-with-his-new-baby-boy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9875027/Hugh-Grant-thrilled-with-his-new-baby-boy.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hugh Grant 'thrilled' with his new baby boy|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=16 February 2013|access-date=16 February 2013|first=Roya|last=Nikkhah}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/hugh-grant-breaks-silence-on-love-child-with-anna-eberstein-2014129|title=Hugh Grant Breaks Silence on His Love Child With Anna Eberstein: 'I Love Him Very Much'|date=12 September 2014|work=[[Us Weekly]]|first=Esther|last=Lee|quote=The actor is also a dad to two other kids: daughter Tabitha, 3, and son Felix, 21 months, with Tinglan Hong}}</ref>

Grant's daughters with Eberstein were born in December 2015<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.st.nu/medelpad/sundsvall/nu-kan-anna-fran-sundsvall-fira-ny-babylycka-med-hugh-grant|title=Nu kan Anna från Sundsvall fira ny babylycka med Hugh Grant / Now Anna from Sundsvall celebrates new baby happiness with Hugh Grant|date=20 December 2015|work=Sundsvalls Tidning|access-date=22 December 2015|quote=Anna Ebersteins mamma Susanne Eberstein, socialdemokratisk riksdagsledamot, som bor i Sundsvall bekräftar att de fått ytterligare ett barn. / Anna Eberstein's mother Susanne Eberstein, a Social Democratic member of parliament, who lives in Sundsvall, confirmed that they had another child.|archive-date=23 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223065118/http://www.st.nu/medelpad/sundsvall/nu-kan-anna-fran-sundsvall-fira-ny-babylycka-med-hugh-grant|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.growingyourbaby.com/hugh-grant-and-anna-eberstein-get-married-in-london/hugh-grant-and-anna-eberstein-get-married-in-london/|title=Hugh Grant and Anna Eberstein get married in London
|date=25 May 2018|work=Growing your baby|quote= Their daughter, who was born in December 2015, was in Anna’s arms as they left the ceremony.}}</ref> and March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44196615|title=Hugh Grant to marry for the first time|date=21 May 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/hugh-grant-wife-anna-eberstein-b1868545.html|title=Hugh Grant sets right internet claim he married wife Anna Eberstein for 'passport reasons'|date=18 June 2021|website=The Independent}}</ref> He and Eberstein married on 25 May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a34465169/who-is-anna-eberstein-hugh-grant-wife/|title=Hugh Grant Clapped Back at Rumors That He Married Anna Eberstein for "Passport Reasons"|date=1 July 2021|website=Marie Claire Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/05/25/hugh-grant-anna-eberstein-marriage/647052002/|title=Newlywed Hugh Grant steps out publicly with wife Anna Eberstein after private wedding|first=Bryan|last=Alexander|website=USA TODAY}}</ref>