“He has been absolutely brilliant about that. Imogen is grateful her father told her she won’t see a penny of his fortune. “We were very conscious of how lucky we were.” We would go to the Oscars, or Starlight Express was written for us, then we would go back to normality. Then, occasionally, we would do something crazy. I lived with my mum from the age of six, so it was the Tube to school and beans on toast for tea. They were so young when they married – my mum had had two husbands and two kids by the time she was my age. I get on very well with Madeline, my stepmum, so it has all worked out for the best. Life was a mixture of boring routine looked after by her mum, punctuated by glitzy showbiz excess with her father. Her father has figured largely in her life, despite splitting from her mother, Sarah Hugill, when she was six. Her father might be the man behind huge shows including Evita, Cats and Starlight Express, which he wrote for Imogen, but from an early age he told his five children he would not be leaving them his cash and they would have to make their own way in the world. Growing up with a super-rich dad hasn’t meant doors have automatically opened for Imogen, nor that she has never had to worry about money. “But I refuse to believe you are not complete if you are on your own and you haven’t had a baby.” If it turns out I cannot have a baby, there are millions of children out there who need a good home. “I certainly wouldn’t rule out adoption or freezing my eggs if that’s what it came down to. I am not the kind of person who would raise a child on her own. I wrote in the book that maybe I’d adopt one day, I don’t know. But that doesn’t mean she has given up hope of starting a family. Her father has already become a grandad thanks to her brother, Nicholas, so she says the pressure is now off. He had a proper job and was absolutely lovely. It was the first relationship I have had that wasn’t with someone ridiculous. “We had been together long enough that I thought it might work – but, no. “I liked him, I thought he was one of the good ones, but it didn’t work. The first one is to throw yourself into work, so that’s what I have been doing, working 15-hour days. “I have just been ditched, so I am abiding by the book’s rules. “At that moment you need that adoration.”Īt 35, Imogen – ironically the author of the bestselling The Single Girl’s Survival Guide – has found herself alone again. “I call him in tears saying ‘Oh, God, I’ve been dumped’, but dads can’t understand why anyone could not love their daughter and not think they are the most beautiful, amazing creature in the world,” she laughs. “Dad is still the first person I call when I am dumped because he can never understand it. But apparently he is often lost for an answer. With three marriages under his belt, you would imagine Lord Lloyd-Webber would be an expert in the ways of the heart. The broadcaster and writer admits she always calls her dad when she is heartbroken. When his daughter Imogen recently split from her doctor boyfriend, he was the first person she called. On top of writing the official Diamond Jubilee song, Lord Lloyd-Webber has been busy working on Superstar, which is hosted by Amanda Holden.ĭawn French, Jason Donovan, Mel C and his casting guru David Grindrod are among the judging and casting team.īut, despite all this, the 64-year-old has still found time to play agony aunt. Having already found a Maria, Nancy, Joseph and an Oliver, he’s now in search of a Jesus to star in a spectacular arena version of his 1970s smash Jesus Christ Superstar. Despite being a year off bus-pass age, tonight the multimillionaire theatre impresario launches yet another talent show.
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