The widower of Dame Deborah James has romance in his life once more, three years on from her demise.

Dame Deborah died on June 28, 2022, on the age of 40, having been identified with incurable bowel most cancers in 2016.

All through her profession, she was extremely vocal about dwelling with the illness through the You, Me and the Massive C podcast and raised over £11million along with her Bowelbabe Fund.

Earlier than she died, the journalist – who obtained a Damehood simply weeks earlier than – insisted that she needed her husband, Sebastien Bowen, to ‘transfer on’ when she was now not round.

And now, he’s doing precisely that and fulfilling her needs.

New photographs have captured Sebastien, who Dame Deborah wed in 2008, on a loved-up outing with a thriller lady.

Sebastien strolled hand-in-hand along with his different half alongside the towpath beside the River Thames after lunching at The River Cafe in Hammersmith, west London, which has confirmed to be a star hotspot.

The 45-year-old was in deep dialog with the unnamed brunette, who seemed to be in her thirties and was sporting an elegant crimson gown and sun shades.

They laughed and joked, strolling at a leisurely tempo with their arms firmly round one another’s waists.

Having noticed the pair, a passer-by instructed MailOnline: ‘They appeared like they have been very a lot in love.

‘It was very candy. For anybody who was impressed by Dame Deborah’s perspective to life, it was actually heartening to see her husband wanting joyful once more.’

In December final yr, the publication revealed that Sebastien, who first met Dame Deborah in 2005, was open to courting once more after dropping his spouse of 14 years.

The publication pressured that it was ‘early days,’ however he had been on ‘a number of dates’ in a bid to ‘rebuild his life’.

Including that he was ‘taking issues slowly,’ a supply shared: ‘Deborah goes to be a tricky act to observe, as they’d a unbelievable marriage and made an excellent couple. 

‘However Seb feels the time has come for him to maneuver on, as Deborah needed him to.’

Dame Deborah had two youngsters with Sebastien: a daughter named Eloise, now 15, and son Hugo, now 17.

In Could 2022, she revealed that she had moved to hospice-at-home care, writing on Instagram that her physique ‘merely wasn’t taking part in ball’ regardless of ‘making an attempt every little thing’.

She added that she was spending her remaining days ‘with [her] unbelievable household throughout [her]’ specializing in ‘ensuring [she’s] not in ache and spending time with them’.

Afterward her BBC Radio 5 Stay present, Dame Deborah mirrored on her marriage and hopes of him discovering another person.

‘I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen my husband so emotional, however now he has instantly realised the enormity of this,’ she mentioned.

‘I’ve given him strict directions: I would like him to maneuver on.’

She added: ‘He’s a good-looking man. I’m, like, “Don’t be taken for a trip, don’t marry a bimbo, discover another person who could make you snicker like we did”.’

The previous deputy headteacher turned avid campaigner additionally joked on her podcast that she had just a few individuals whom she didn’t need Sebastien to hook up with.

‘I’d do my damned hardest to hang-out him.’

Sebastien is a banker working for the personal fairness agency Pomona Capital.

In 2023, Dame Deborah’s mom, Heather, instructed the Every day Telegraph: ‘We give Seb our blessing.

‘We wish him to maneuver ahead when he feels prepared.’

‘Deborah will probably be a tough act to observe, however he has our blessing,’ she repeated. ‘As a result of Deborah needed him to maneuver on, we would like him to maneuver on.’