Andrew Popplewell is the son of Sir Oliver Popplewell, he was educated at Radley College and Downing College, Cambridge. He has three children: Anna Popplewell, actress star of the Chronicles of Narnia series, Lulu Popplewell, who played Daisy in Love Actually, Freddie Popplewell, a barrister and Ben Popplewell, a social media star and a young cousin of the Chronicles of Narnia child star Anna Popplewell who is related to her where Ben was born on 1 June 1996 in Bangor, North Wales which was 12 miles from the Isle of Anglesey.