The only time that all 14 of Lucian Freud's acknowledged offspring ever encountered each other was, reputedly, at the celebrated artist's funeral in 2011.
A similar, sombre gathering had seemed possible next week when the family bids farewell to Jane McAdam Freud, the first of the siblings to die.
But I can reveal any hope of that is over — extinguished on Thursday night by an extraordinary punch-up in a London pub which has left one of Freud's five sons on the cusp of reporting his brother to the police.
Yet there had been no inkling of flying fists when Alex Boyt — Freud's only son by Suzy Boyt — got talking to painter Paul McAdam Freud, the elder of Freud's two sons by Katherine McAdam and brother of sculptress Jane, whose death, aged 64, I disclosed earlier this month.
Painter Paul McAdam Freud (pictured), online casino the elder of Freud's two sons by Katherine McAdam and brother of sculptress Jane, whose death, aged 64, I disclosed earlier this month
‘They were standing close to the door, chatting very amicably,' recalls an eyewitness at the Royal Exchange pub in Paddington, where Thursday nights have become newly fashionable, thanks to Paul Simenon, Online Casino bassist for punk band The Clash.