Benedict Cumberbatch recently proposed to his girlfriend, theatre
producer Sophie Hunter, and he couldn't have done it in a more Benedict
Cumberbatch-y way.
Maintaing his image both on- and off-screen as the archetypal posh
English gent, The Sherlock actor took out a short advertisement in the
Forthcoming Marriages section of The Times to announce the happy news.
The message read: Mr BT. Cumberbatch and Miss S.I. Hunter: The
engagement is announced between Benedict, son of Wanda and Timothy
Cmberbatch of London, and Sophie, daughter of Katharine Hunter of
Edinburgh and Charles Hunter of London.'
No Instagram selfies or Tweets for this Hollywood star, just an
old-fashioned public announcement. In fact, so traditional is Benedict
that according to the Mail On Sunday, the Imitation Game actor even flew
to Edinburgh to ask his Miss Hunter's mother for her daughter's hand in
marriage.
Benedict and Sophie first met in 2009, when they performed opposite one
another in Burlesque Fairytales, but have only been dating since the
spring.
No word as of yet on the date of the wedding, but something tells us we
won't be seeing endless photos on social media of the big day.
We do love a bit of old school romance...
