text: It's been almost a fortnight since Jeremy Clarkson was sacked from Top Gear, but the news hasn't stopped his estranged wife from enjoying herself after she jetted off on holiday to Barbados. The 53-year-old spent the Easter weekend with friends and family on the Caribbean island where she sunbathed and drove a jet ski. She has previously holidayed in the area with the 54-year-old broadcaster but the pair, who have two daughters and a son, are said to have lived apart for  years. Scroll down for video . Holiday: Frances Clarkson, 53, spent the Easter Bank Holiday weekend with family and friends in Barbados . The BBC announced last month they were dropping Clarkson from the hit motoring show after a 'fracas' involving a Top Gear producer. Clarkson left Oisin Tymon needing hospital treatment after punching him at a hotel in Hawes, North Yorkshire, after staff wouldn't serve him a hot meal following a day of filming. He has repeatedly apologised to Mr Tymon both in public and privately and it was announced today that he will not face any criminal charges for the attack. Rushing to his side to comfort him throughout the ordeal has been events organiser Phillipa Sage, 45, who became a feature in his life in 2010 when he was still in a relationship with Frances. It was claimed last year that his marriage had been under strain after reports he had engaged in extra-martial affairs. Last summer he told the MailOnline's Piers Morgan he was 'going through a difficult divorce'. In April 2011 Clarkson was accused of having an affair with Miss Sage while touring Australia, South Africa and Norway with his Top Gear co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May. Sunshine: Frances was spotted in a black bikini as she drove a jet ski and caught some rays in the sun . Relax: The 53-year-old has previously holidayed on the island with her estranged husband Jeremy Clarkson . He was alleged to have spent several nights with Miss Sage and kissed her on the lips in full view of observers on one occasion. Clarkson shrugged off the claims at the time, saying that he and Miss Sage had been simply 'colleagues fooling around'. But shortly afterwards it was revealed that he was spending time during the week living in a bachelor pad in London. He denied that he had moved out of the family home in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, saying he used the London flat when he was editing Top Gear. Clarkson was photographed kissing Miss Sage while on holiday with her in Greece in 2013, and they also visited Australia again. In October 2011 Clarkson lifted a High Court gagging order preventing his first wife, Alex Hall, from claiming that he had had an affair with her after he married Frances. Split: Frances has two daughters and a son with the 54-year-old broadcaster, but the pair are said to have been living apart for years . Distant: The BBC announced last month they were dropping her estranged husband from the hit motoring show after a 'fracas' involving a Top Gear producer . Break: Frances walks along the beach with an unidentified man during the Easter holiday to the Caribbean . Mrs Hall, who married him in 1989 but separated from him after less than two years, alleged that they rekindled their relationship from 1999 onwards – something he denied. Clarkson married Frances in 1993 and she encouraged him to cultivate a more aggressive on-screen persona to make Top Gear more controversial, say friends. In recent years he has been caught up in other controversies, including being accused of racism after he called an Asian man a 'slope' when he joked about the construction of a bridge in Thailand during an episode of Top Gear. Estranged: Jeremy and Frances Clarkson married in 1993 but the pair have not lived together for years. Friends claim that it was Frances who pushed him to cultivate a more aggressive on-screen persona . In April 2011 Clarkson was accused of having an affair with Phillipa Sage (pictured kissing) while touring Australia, South Africa and Norway with his Top Gear co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May . There was outcry when Clarkson used the word, a derogatory term for people of Asian descent, during the show's two-part Burma special, screened in March last year. In 2013 he came under fire after he allegedly used the n-word in leaked footage while reciting the rhyme 'eeny, meeny, miny, mo' before apparently muttering 'catch a n***** by his toe'. But he escaped disciplinary action by the BBC with the Complaints and Appeals Board agreeing that the 'incident did not engage editorial standards as the material had not been broadcast'.
target: Frances Clarkson, 53, spend Easter Bank Holiday weekend in Caribbean .
  She was spotted with friends and family as she sunbathed and jet skied .
  Previously holidayed there with Jeremy Clarkson, but pair now 'live apart'
  He was sacked by BBC last month after 'fracas' with Top Gear producer .