Editing Carol Ann Duffy (section)

==Personal life==
At the age of 16, Duffy began a relationship with poet [[Adrian Henri]], living with him until 1982.<ref name="stylist.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interviews-and-profiles/interview-carol-ann-duffy |title=Interview: Carol Ann Duffy - Celebrity Interviews and Profiles - Stylist Magazine |access-date=2011-10-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007040121/http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interviews-and-profiles/interview-carol-ann-duffy |archive-date=7 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Duffy later met poet [[Jackie Kay]], with whom she had a 15-year relationship.<ref name="stylist.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7800799/Jackie-Kay-Interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7800799/Jackie-Kay-Interview.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jackie Kay: Interview|first=Helen|last=Brown|date=5 June 2010|access-date=16 February 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During her relationship with Kay, Duffy gave birth to a daughter, Ella (born 1995), whose biological father is fellow poet [[Peter Benson (author)|Peter Benson]].<ref name="stylist.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7692436/Carol-Ann-Duffy-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7692436/Carol-Ann-Duffy-interview.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Carol Ann Duffy interview|first=John|last=Preston|date=11 May 2010|access-date=16 February 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Raised in her parents' Roman Catholic faith, Duffy became an [[atheist]] when she was 15. However, she has spoken of the influence her religious upbringing has had on her poetry, stating: "Poetry and prayer are very similar."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/dec/04/poetry.features|title=Christmas Carol|first=Hephziba|last=Anderson|newspaper=The Observer |date=4 December 2005|access-date=30 January 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>

She is a [[lesbian]].<ref>{{cite web|date=18 March 2003|title=About Carol Ann Duffy|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carol-ann-duffy|access-date=2 June 2020|website=The Poetry Foundation|via=poets.org}}</ref>