Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, 40, looks in great spirits as he enjoys a cosy stroll with a friend

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Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil looked in great spirits as he enjoyed a cosy stroll with a friend on Friday.

The 40-year-old, who was married to Amy from 2007 to 2009, appeared in better health as he walked around London's Notting Hill.

The family friend he was with was a different woman to the one he was spotted with last summer who is known as 'Bey' - who he reportedly lived with in Leeds. 

Close: Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil looked in great spirits and appeared in better health as he enjoyed a cosy stroll with a friend on Friday

Blake cut a casual figure in a white T-shirt and light blue denim jacket which he teamed with black jeans and white trainers.

He completed his look with a black hat and comfortable white trainers as he beamed. 

Meanwhile his female companion looked low-key in pink jeans and a black jumper while walking beside him. 

Blake, who shares two children with ex-wife Sarah Aspin, had not been seen in public since 2018 before he was pictured out with Bey. 

Dramatic: Amy and Blake married in Miami in 2007 after an on-off relationship and were pictured months later after a furious bust-up where it emerged they had been taking heroin (pictured in 2007)

Blake is a former video production assistant who has since gone on to pursue a career in acting, though he is yet to have any TV or film credits as an actor on IMDB.

He does however make an appearance in a music video for Lily Allen's 2006 track LDN, in which he is seen trying to sell the singer flowers. 

He was educated at Bourne Grammar School in Lincolnshire. 

Amy and Blake married in Miami in 2007 after an on-off relationship and were pictured months later after a furious bust-up where it emerged they had been taking heroin. 

The following year, Blake was jailed for his part in an assault on a pub landlord which led to Amy's famous Grammy Awards tribute to, 'my Blake, incarcerated'. 

Blake filed for divorce from the singer shortly after his release. 

It comes after Amy's mother Janis, 66, recently defended Blake, saying their love was 'intimate and genuine', despite long-standing claims that he was the driving force behind her drug addiction. 

Happy: The 40-year-old, who was married to Amy from 2007 to 2009, couldn't keep the smile of his face as he walked around London's Notting Hill

She was speaking ahead of the release of a BBC2 documentary to mark ten years since Amy's death. 

Amy's family and fans were left heartbroken a decade ago, when she passed away following a vodka binge alone in her bedroom, where she was found by her security guard. 

Despite years of drug abuse, she was clean at the time of her death. 

Many have blamed Blake for her demise into Class A drug addiction, after they met and swiftly wed. He later confirmed he had given Amy her first hit of heroin. 

After years of animosity, Janis promised she has found peace with Blake and recognises the bond they shared during their brief time together.

All smiles: Blake cut a casual figure in a white T-shirt and light blue denim jacket which he teamed with black jeans and white trainers

She told OK! Magazine: 'When it comes to Blake, I’ve decided never to speak badly about anyone. I know it was about love and I don’t think you can judge when it comes to love. Love does the walking and talking...

'I believe the relationship between Amy and Blake was intimate and genuine. Their marriage was impulsive but it was still pure. It was obviously a complicated relationship but love was at the heart of it.'

In 2018, Blake insisted his relationship with Amy was not fuelled by drugs, and they 'only used drugs for six months of their marriage.'

He said: 'The drug things is something that has been attributed to me for years but in fact me and Amy only used drugs together for maybe six months of our marriage, that was it. And before that Amy didn't use drugs, she smoked cannabis...

'I did heroin maybe four or five times.' When asked if he responsibility, Blake said: 'Always, always but also I'm not ready to be the only person anymore. I feel I am the only person who has taken responsibility and has done since Amy was alive.'

Amy soared to fame upon the release of Frank in 2003, as she gained both critical and commercial success with the debut as her jazz-inspired vocals won fans all over before her second album Back To Black's introduction three years later.

In a heartbreaking turn of fate, the London-born icon's dazzling career was plighted by her demons after she fell into the clutches of drink and drug addiction.

As she ascended higher on the fame ladder she discovered her demons - in drink, drugs and also eating disorders, which her brother Alex insists contributed to her death.

Difficult: Many have blamed Blake for her demise into Class A drug addiction, after they met and swiftly wed. He later confirmed he had given Amy her first hit of heroin (pictured in 2007) 

In 2011, an inquest gave a verdict of misadventure after finding that she had 416mg of alcohol per decilitre in her blood. 

A second inquest in 2013 confirmed that she died of accidental alcohol poisoning.

This is more than five times the legal drink-drive limit and enough to cause her to become comatose and depress her respiratory system.

In a June 2013 interview, her brother Alex said he believed her eating disorder, and the consequent physical weakness, was the primary cause of her death.

He said: 'She suffered from bulimia very badly. That's not, like, a revelation – you knew just by looking at her...

'She would have died eventually, the way she was going, but what really killed her was the bulimia... I think that it left her weaker and more susceptible. Had she not had an eating disorder, she would have been physically stronger.'

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Tough: Amy's family and fans were left heartbroken a decade ago, when she passed away following a vodka binge alone in her bedroom, where she was found by her security guard