Benedict – who confirmed his engagement last month by placing an announcement in the Times newspaper – has revealed that he chose that method so he had more ”control.” He told the New York Daily News: ”There are other operations in newspapers that find things out or try to publicize rumor and gossip. I wanted to take control over the facts of it and announce it in a way that I would’ve done if I wasn’t famous.” The announcement in the newspaper, published on November 5th, read: ”Mr B. T. Cumberbatch and Miss S.I. Hunter: The engagement is announced between Benedict, son of Wanda and Timothy Cumberbatch of London, and Sophie, daughter of Katharine Hunter of Edinburgh and Charles Hunter of London.”