Overview
- Speaking at Born Free’s Footsteps to Freedom Ball in London, James Lewis said he married Ed Otter in September in an intimate ceremony with about 50 guests.
- His 17-year-old daughter, Arabella, attended the wedding and now calls both men Dad, reflecting a blended family they planned together.
- Lewis reported heart rate spikes above 250 beats per minute, including on his wedding day, and said his cardiologist warned him to avoid high-stress events.
- He said he still intends to run charity auctions, continuing a long partnership with Born Free that included a 2019 Guinness World Record sale for wildlife causes.
- Lewis, 53, met Otter about 15 years ago in a Derbyshire pub and later hired him at Bamfords Auctioneers, the firm he founded with his parents in 2002.