"You are destined to repeat the sins of the father. "And when my partnership broke up, I did think, 'Oh God, this is going to be awful.'" However, Richard continued

in his chat with The Times: "I've seen my kids nonstop. It was quickly worked out it wasn't going to be the same, which is an extraordinary relief. "They know I love them

and I tell them nonstop, which bores them rigid. But I never got told that."