Police are investigating reports of an alleged row
involving celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and her husband, Charles
Saatchi.
It follows the emergence of photographs which appear to show the art
collector with his hand around Lawson's neck as the pair sat on the
terrace of a restaurant on June 9.Lawson, 53, the daughter of former chancellor Lord Lawson, was reportedly seen weeping following the episode outside Scott's in Mayfair, central London.
She reportedly left her Chelsea home on Sunday with a suitcase and her 17-year-old son, Bruno.
An onlooker told The Daily Mirror: "Nigella looked on edge but Bruno was very protective of her and keen to look after her."
Saatchi also reportedly left the house on Sunday but returned later refusing to comment.
Lawson's spokesperson told Sky News that "there will be no additional comment today".
Both are said to be regular visitors to the upmarket restaurant in Mount Street, with one report claiming that the couple were there on Saturday, less than a week after the alleged row.
Scotland Yard said it was aware of the photographs which appeared in the Sunday People newspaper.
A spokesman said: "Officers from the Community Safety Unit at Westminster are aware of the article. Inquiries are in hand to establish the facts of the incident."
They added that Lawson had not made any complaint to the police.
The Community Safety Unit is designed to tackle hate crime, and the types of incidents they investigate include domestic violence, homophobia and racism.
Lawson wed Saatchi, 70, who made his name in advertising, in 2003.
She has two children, Cosima and Bruno, from her marriage to journalist
John Diamond, who died of throat cancer in 2001.
She became a household name in 1998 with her first cookery book, How To
Eat.
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