Claire Foy reveals her husband was secretly battling a brain tumour as she filmed second season The Crown

The actress has spoken about his illness for the first time
Battle: Claire Foy has opened up about her husband's illness in 2016
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Natasha Sporn29 January 2018
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Actress Claire Foy has revealed that her husband was secretly battling a brain tumour as she filmed the second season of The Crown.

The British actress met actor Stephen Campbell Moore on the set of her first film, Season of the Witch, back in 2011 and the pair tied the knot in 2014.

The couple welcomed a daughter in 2015, the same year that Foy signed to play a young Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown.

But, in late 2016, Campbell Moore was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour, just at the base of his pituitary gland, leaving Foy worried she’d soon be a widow.

Lead role: Claire Foy starred opposite Matt Smith in The Crown
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She told The Sun: “My daughter didn’t know what was going on at all. But my family did, and I could see it in them.

“[He said] There are certain things that you make sure you’ve done before you go into surgery. You write a letter.

“But it’s all very much on the off-chance that something did go wrong, because every part of you is saying that nothing will.”

The fear of losing her husband left Foy filming for the second series of the Netflix hit – which she has now left, being replaced by Olivia Colman - not knowing what was going to happen.

​Foy has also had her own medical dramas after juvenile arthritis left her temporarily cripple and in pain at the age of 13.

She also had an eye tumour at the age at 17, a battle that prompted her to follow her ambition to go into drama.

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