Andrew Strauss Finds Love Again After Wife’s Passing

Seven years after the untimely death of his first wife, Ruth, from lung cancer, England veteran Andrew Strauss is getting married again. On December 17, the 48-year-old will marry his partner Antonia Linnaeus-Peat in Franschhoek, South Africa.

Only family members would be invited to the ceremony, according to Andrew Strauss, who made this revelation on the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast. About 50 miles east of Cape Town, in the charming town of Franschhoek, known for its vineyards, the wedding will be held. The former England captain will therefore not be travelling to Australia to broadcast the forthcoming Ashes series, which kicks off next week.

Two years ago, Andrew Strauss and Linnaeus-Peat were first spotted together in public when they left a London restaurant. They had already been dating for a few months, according to reports at the time.

The pair was also seen together in the Royal Box at the Wimbledon Championships this summer, where they were seated with a number of prominent athletes, such as Olympic champion Dame Laura Kenny and former football player Jamie Redknapp.

Previously employed as a public relations expert, Antonia Linnaeus-Peat is currently the director of Linnaeus Fine Art Advisory Limited. She was raised in Hong Kong and went to the esteemed independent girls’ school, St. Mary’s Calne, which charges about £40,000 a year.

Seven years have passed since the untimely death of Andrew Strauss first wife, Ruth McDonald, who died on December 29, 2018, at the age of 46, after a fight with a rare type of non-smoking lung cancer. After 15 years of marriage, Andrew Strauss and Ruth produced two boys, Luca and Samuel, who are currently 17 and 19 years old, respectively.

Following Ruth’s death, Andrew Strauss turned his sorrow into a worthwhile endeavour by establishing the Ruth Strauss Foundation in 2019. Established in her honour, the charity finances vital research into non-smoking lung cancers and offers vital support to families dealing with a parent’s terminal illness.

Since then, the foundation’s yearly “Red for Ruth” campaign has grown to become a cricket calendar mainstay. To express support and awareness for the cause, players, staff, and spectators are encouraged to wear red during an England Test match in July each year.

Andrew Strauss has publicly discussed the deep effect his wife’s passing had on him, stating that the events of late 2018, especially losing Ruth a few days after Christmas, drastically altered his outlook on life.