Actor Richard E. Grant took to Instagram Stories on Sunday night to reveal his delight over his daughter Olivia getting engaged.
Sharing four images of his only daughter, 34, and her boyfriend and her huge diamond ring, Richard, 66, seemed delighted with the happy news.
He wrote: ‘Our beloved daughter @oliviagranted got engaged to Florian Herbst this weekend. Pockets full of Happiness!!’
The wonderful news comes after amid a sad time for the family, because Richard’s wife and Olivia’s mother, Joan Washington, died two years ago.
Dialect coach Joan tragically passed away aged 75, eight months after she was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.
Happy news: Richard E. Grant revealed his delight because his daughter Olivia got engaged to her partner – two years after the actor’s wife Joan passed away
Lovely: He shared this sweet post alongside the picture as he congratulated the pair
Love: Richard pictured with his late wife Joan, daughter Olivia and stepson Tom back in October 2013
As well as daughter Olivia, Richard is stepfather to Joan’s son Tom.
Richard has been quite vocal in his grief since losing the love of his life and has admitted that he has lost friends as he battled heartbreak.
They had been together for 38 years at the time of her death.
‘Subsequent to her death, I have had people cross the road rather than talk.’he said in a conversation at The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.
‘Whether they think you’re going to fall apart and you’re an emotional wreck, I don’t know. But I will never speak to them again.’
He also recalled an occasion in which a couple who had lived near to his and Washington’s Provence holiday home ignored him when he waved to them.
He said: ‘As I walked towards them they both turned their heads. I thought, “F*** you.” I felt I was being punished because Joan had died.
‘They had never acknowledged it. Maybe they didn’t know how to deal with it.’
Wonderful news! Lots of celebrities and followers were quick to share their well wishes in the comments section
