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Much to the surprise of many of his friends, Chatwin married Elizabeth Chanler ( a descendant of John Jacob Astor ) on 26 August 1965.

He had met Chanler at Sotheby's, where she worked as a secretary.

Chatwin was bisexual throughout his married life, a circumstance his wife knew and accepted.

They had no children.

After fifteen years of marriage, she asked for a separation and sold their farmhouse at Ozleworth in Gloucestershire.

Toward the end of his life, they reconciled.

According to Chatwin's biographer Nicholas Shakespeare, the Chatwins ' marriage seems to have been celibate.

He describes Chatwin as homosexual rather than bisexual.