Colin Firth’s ex-wife Livia Firth dramatically hands back her MBE and tears up certificate

She continued in the letter: ‘Although I stand against the British Empire and remnants of that toxic system, I accepted the honour on behalf of the many garment worker activists who had educated and supported me.’
Livia was also keen to stress that she had long admired King Charles, who was then the Prince of Wales, for his ‘decades battling on behalf of social and environmental justice’.

But she said she could no longer reconcile her respect for the monarch with his government’s treatment of Trump. She signed the letter off as ‘Livia Giuggioli (Firth)’.
Born in Rome, Livia studied film before meeting Colin Firth on the set of the BBC drama Nostromo in 1996, where she was working as a production assistant. The couple married the following year and went on to have two sons, Luca, 24, and Matteo, 22.

During their marriage, Livia was a regular on the red carpet alongside the King’s Speech star, using her profile to champion sustainable fashion.
The Firths’ marriage collapsed in 2019 after 22 years following a scandal involving an affair Livia had with Italian journalist Marco Brancaccia during a temporary separation in 2015-2016.