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private life

British  

noun

  1. the social or family life or personal relationships of an individual, esp of a person in the public eye, such as a politician or celebrity

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People who know Powell well say that, after nearly 14 years at the Fed and eight years as chair, he is more than ready to return to private life.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is the occasional picture in a newspaper showing Kane and his family doing mundane activities, but they don't feel much, if any, intrusion into their private life.

From BBC

Privacy lawyer Jamie Hurworth says while filming someone in public is not against the law, "the law protects an individual's right to a private life, and it can protect individuals in public places as well as private places".

From BBC

Towards the end of two hours of questions, he railed against the "disgusting" sense that he wasn't entitled to a private life, and talked of the emotional toll of alleged press intrusion on him and his family.

From BBC

His manner showed how personal this was to him, delivering terse and sometimes tense answers, about a series of stories that he said had "commercialised" his private life and those close to him.

From BBC