The news that he has got engaged to his love Sophie Turner has left broken the hearts of his many Cumberbitches (that's his female fan base)
The news was broken via a modest classified in The Times newspaper:
In order to cheer you up we have this - It's the Benedict Cumberbatch Name Generator
It does exactly what it says on the tin - http://benedictcumberbatchgenerator.tumblr.com/
And just for the craic, here's Benny in the nip reading the paper...as you do: