Christian Horner found out that his first wife had died days before he was sacked as the principal of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team. Beverley Allen, 58, passed away Monday after a two-year battle with eye cancer, according to The Sun. “She found out she had eye cancer a couple of years ago and she was aware that it wasn’t going to be a very good prognosis but it is still a devastating shock,” one of Allen’s friends told MailOnline. She added that “Beverley was a lovely woman and it is so cruel what has happened to her.” “Beverley was loved by everyone who knew her. It’s just heartbreaking,” she said. Allen and Horner were together for 14 years and share an 11-year-old daughter, Olivia. After their divorce in 2015, Horner went on to marry former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, otherwise known as Ginger Spice. Allen stood by Horner during his rise in the F1 world, seeing him become the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team principal in 2005. Horner was sacked after 20 years as the team’s principal Wednesday following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior made by a female Red Bull Racing colleague of his last year.
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