According to the old adage, love often comes when we least expect it - and, by all accounts, might be inclined to agree.
After all, it was Fry's attendance at a house party that resulted in his chance meeting with comedian Elliott Spencer, the man who would soon become his husband and, by the actor's own admission, make him a 'lucky man.'
Given his notoriously guarded nature, dates remain vague, but the 67-year old actor's first encounter with Spencer - who, at 36, is 29 years his junior - is widely believed to have taken place in 2012.
But it was Fry himself who eventually confirmed their engagement, shortly after submitting a formal application to marry in Norfolk, his home county, and ten days before their wedding in January 2015.
Addressing followers on at the time, he wrote: 'It looks as though a certain cat is out of a certain bag. I’m very very happy of course but had hoped for a private wedding. Fat chance!
'Thank you all SO much for your kind congratulations. Deeply touched.'
According to the old adage, love often comes when we least expect it - and, by all accounts, Stephen Fry might be inclined to agree (pictured in 2018)
Public appearances together have been infrequent at best, but Fry was accompanied by his husband while receiving a knighthood at Windsor Castle last March, their first sighting together in six years.
Images taken on the day capture Spencer in the background as he watches on proudly alongside Fry's mother and sister.
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show shortly before his investiture, Fry admitted the couple 'don't go out to Hollywood parties much' and instead prefer a night in together.
The confession came after he had shared a rare tribute to Spencer on their 10th wedding anniversary in an Instagram post, writing: 'Ten happy years to the day since we were joined in marriage. I'm a lucky man.'
In June, Fry insisted the generational age gap of almost thirty years has aided their relationship, with Spencer helping him develop an unlikely appreciation for rap music.
'I can tell you how to have a successful relationship with Elliot, but that's probably not very helpful,' he said during an appearance on Rylan Clark's podcast, Rylan: How to Be in Love.
'But I guess it’s all the normal human virtues - some of which are forgotten virtues -but one of the most important human virtues, I think, isn't even really considered a virtue.
'But it is one that changes the world. And it's not kindness, which obviously is important, but it's a subset of kindness, perhaps. And it's cheerfulness.'
He added: 'When you're in the presence of a cheerful person, It makes everything better. They're like their own sunshine. So that's one of the things. If one is down to help the other come up...
'And understand each other's differences as emotional human beings. For example, I had to understand, and he had to understand, that I am extremely energetic and bouncy and chatty in the mornings at breakfast and he is not.
'So I had to find ways of just calming myself and he had to come up a little bit and not be quite so kind of, "will you shut up Stephen!"'
Tt was Fry's attendance at a house party that resulted in his chance meeting with Elliott Spencer, the man who would soon become his husband and, by the actor's own admission, make him a 'lucky man' (pictured in 2017)
Public appearances together have been infrequent at best, but Fry was accompanied by his husband (circled) while receiving a knighthood at Windsor Castle last March
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show shortly before his investiture, Fry admitted the couple 'don't go out to Hollywood parties much' and instead prefer a night in together (pictured in 2018)
Fry recently revealed how his husband had introduced him to new things, among them an unexpected love of wrestling and rap music
He said of the question that shocked him the most on The Assembly: 'I think the rather eye-watering curiosity as to my sexual preferences.
