Fling or Ring? Hugh and Jemima
AKA: Huge Grunt, Britain's Most Eligible Bachelor (hmmm)
Years racked up: 43
Known for?: Peddling his ridiculous brand of stuttering, twittish Englishman to gullible Americans in a host of successful movies, getting caught in a compromising position with hooker Divine Browne on Sunset Boulevard in 1995, dating La Hurley for donkeys but never taking her up the aisle (ho ho), and now being a serial cad, bedding loadsa luvverly ladies.
Is involved in a love thing with...
Who? Jemima Goldsmith (previously Khan)
AKA: She of the flowing mane
Years racked up: 30
Known for?: Being one of London's original It girls, as daughter of Annabel and the late Jimmy Goldsmith, forswearing Western culture when she married irritating ex-cricketer Imran Khan, and bouncing back with a vengeance when they suddenly divorced earlier this year.
Romance rocketed when: Rumours were all over these two like the proverbial cheap suit even before the Khans divorced. Hugh attended Jemima's 30th birthday party in January — Imran didn't. Despite going to extreme pains to not be pictured together, the hoity-toity lovebirds were first said to be 'all over each other' at toff's nightspot Annabel's (named after Jemima's mum) and have now been snapped 'frolicking' on a beach in France.
Make or break: Well, it seems to be all Claret and roses with these two at the moment, according to the tabloids. Hugh's said to have taken Jemima to Cornwall to meet his dad, a big step for this self-confessed commitment-phobe.
Soppy speak: As usual, in lieu of some actual quotes from the poshos in question, the newspapers have come up trumps with their sources. A 'friend of the couple' whispered to the Mirror: "Hugh says his relationship with Jemima is the real thing," and the NOTW had "They act like teenagers together. Hugh can't stop showing his affection for her." Aahhhhh.
Biz Bitch says: On paper, these two look like a perfect match. Both super-posh country-loving rah's with connections and money to burn, they could be the new, er, Hugh and Liz. But Jemima comes with baggage — an ex-husband and two small children — and Hugh isn't renowned for his settling-down ways. No, sirree. But there seems to be the whiff of something serious about this one — so let's keep an eye on it...
