Personal Life
Redknapp's father is football manager Harry Redknapp, and his mother is Sandra Harris. He has one older brother, Mark, who is a model. He is the cousin of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard, whose father is former West Ham United player Frank Lampard, Sr.
Redknapp grew up on the south coast as his father was coaching Bournemouth at that time. He attended Twynham School and started playing in the Sunday league youth teams with his brother.
On 29 June 1998, Redknapp married the pop singer Louise Nurding (who was a member of the girl group Eternal from 1992 to 1995, before embarking on a solo singing career).
On 27 July 2004 at 9.10 am BST, Louise gave birth to a boy named Charles William "Charley" Redknapp at London's Portland Hospital. Charley was named after Louise's grandfather, who died on the day that he found out she was pregnant.
On 10 November 2008, Louise gave birth to their second son, Beau Henry Redknapp. Louise revealed the name was a tribute to Jamie's father, Harry, who was born in Bow, London.
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