EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Ralph Fiennes’ mysterious blonde friend is a new socialite Amelia Richards…the ex-partner of Queen’s best friend Camilla’s son
Ever since I posted a photo of Ralph Fiennes on the arm of a mystery woman in Rome on Saturday, his fans have been in an uproar.
I can reveal that the 60-year-old Harry Potter star’s new close companion is Amelia Richards, a society figure who has been in a relationship for more than a decade with James Lindsay, 61, the son of one of the Queen Camilla’s best friends.
“James and Amelia just broke up,” one of his friends tells me. He packed up his stuff at his Oxfordshire home last week.
He began to spend more time abroad. James is said to be devastated by the breakup.
The couple, who were a fixture on the London social scene, lived mainly in James’ £5 million country house in the Cotswolds. He is a travel photographer, the son of Lady Amabel Lindsay, daughter of the 9th Earl of Hardwicke.
Mystery: Ever since I posted a photo of Ralph Fiennes arm in arm with a mystery woman in Rome on Saturday, his fans have been in an uproar.
Lady Amabel has been Camilla’s friend for decades. James’ royal connections include being a trustee for 18 years of the Tusk Trust, of which Prince William is a patron.
Amelia is the CEO of Letters Live, which hosts events where famous personalities read historical letters.
Interestingly, Amelia wore an engagement ring while being seen in Rome with Fiennes, who was in the Italian capital filming Conclave, an adaptation of Robert Harris’ best-selling novel.
Revealed: I can reveal that the 60-year-old Harry Potter star’s new close companion is Amelia Richards, a recently single social figure.
Previously: Amelia was in a relationship for over a decade with James Lindsay, the son of one of Queen Camilla’s best friends (pictured together in December 2015)
A spokesperson for Fiennes declines to comment on his friendship with Amelia, but the star of movies like The English Patient and Schindler’s List has enjoyed a colorful love life.
He was married to actress Alex Kingston, 59, but left her in 1997 for another screen star, Francesca Annis, 17 years his senior.
After more than ten years together, they separated due to their supposed affair with the Romanian singer Cornelia Crisan, 42 years old.
He then faced further scrutiny in the late 2000s when a flight attendant who seduced him on board a Qantas plane admitted that she had previously worked as a prostitute.