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Belle Burden’s Memoir Excerpt Recounts Voicemail That Ended 21-Year Marriage

A Times of London excerpt presents her account of the split, with no public response from Henry Davis in the coverage.

Overview

  • Belle Burden says she learned of her husband Henry Davis’s affair from a stranger’s voicemail while the family quarantined in Martha’s Vineyard in March 2020.
  • According to Burden, Davis admitted to a brief relationship with a much younger woman he met through work and said he was embarrassed.
  • She writes that the next day Davis asked for a divorce, left without saying goodbye to their children, and told her she could keep their homes and custody.
  • Burden recounts that the other woman later attempted suicide, a claim she attributes to a message from the woman’s husband and that has not been independently verified in the reports.
  • New coverage highlights her claim that Davis bought a two-bedroom Manhattan apartment after the split and converted the second bedroom into a home office, which she views as signaling no plan for overnights with their children.