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Watkins was married to Susan, a historian and biographer with whom he had six children; four sons and two daughters. He had a passion for smoking cigars, drinking whisky, and fishing. One of his sons Alastair is a former Media Delegate who worked for the FIA, Kirch Media and was the marketing director for British American Racing. Another son, Antony, is a consultant neurosurgeon (both paediatric and adult) at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the adjoining Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow.