When Apple scion Eve Jobs married Olympic show jumper Harry Charles in an extravagant Cotswolds ceremony last year, it seemed like the stuff of dreams.
The three-day wedding, worth £5 million, took over a 107-room mansion and was attended by Princess Beatrice, former US Vice President Kamala Harris and Sir Elton John, who serenaded the couple with a private performance.
But I can reveal that the big day was marred by fear of a stalker targeting the 28-year-old daughter of late Apple magnate Steve Jobs, leaving her feeling ‘unsafe’ and ‘not wanting to go anywhere alone’.
In a victim impact statement, Eve said the situation was ‘frightening and disturbing’ because no one knew what her stalker, Ajan Purna-Spedding, would do next.
The 34-year-old appeared at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court in July charged with stalking without fear, alarm or anxiety after calling and sending flowers and cards to Mrs Jobs in the year before her wedding.
He was given a restraining order, community order and fines including paying £650 towards the full costs of the trial. But I can reveal that Purna-Spedding has appealed his conviction, although the date for the hearing has not yet been confirmed.
Eve Jobs’ wedding last summer was tainted by fears of a stalker targeting the star
Jobs married an Olympic show jumper in an extravagant Cotswolds ceremony
In her victim impact statement, Eve explained how her team had increased her security for her wedding in July 2025, adding that the journey to and from St Michael and All Angels Church was particularly worrying.
A security detail, already at the festivities because of the high-profile guests, was also told about the stalker.
Even better news: Harry won bronze at the world jumping championships in Aachen last month, on a horse that Eve gave him.
When Em became a victim of theft
Even before Game Of Thrones, Emilia Clarke, 39, had a taste for the finer things – so much so that she became the target of a burglary.
A housemate who lived with the star, pre-fame, says: ‘We were robbed once. We went into her bedroom and a lot of her beautiful, expensive things had been taken.”
The roommate’s belongings were left untouched… but “they used my plastic bags to carry her stuff out!”
Emilia Clarke apparently had a taste for the finer things in life long before she found fame on Game of Thrones
Jo is a blunt talking girl…
I can’t wait to see Joanne McNally and James Blunt interact in Celebrity Traitors – because I fear the Irish comedian has already put her foot in it.
Speaking about the singer’s lavish lifestyle, Joanne said: ‘All that from You’re Beautiful?’, referring to his big hit.
“No, I’ve been doing arenas for 20 years,” was the short answer.
It’s always so awkward…
Actress Ever Anderson was back on the red carpet for the action thriller Father Joe, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival last night.
The 18-year-old has showbiz in her blood: her father is Resident Evil director Paul WS Anderson and her mother is actress Milla Jovovich.
But there’s an awkward twist to her new film, as it’s written and produced by her mother’s ex, Luc Besson.
The couple met and married in 1997, when she was 21, and divorced two years later.
Actress Ever Anderson was back on the red carpet this week for the action thriller Father Joe
She is eclectic
In his youth, Oasis star Noel Gallagher partied like crazy, trashing hotel rooms and arguing with his brother.
But his glamorous daughter, Anais, doesn’t seem to look anything like him, if her latest Instagram post is anything to go by.
The 26-year-old visited Disneyland Paris, donned Mickey Mouse ears and declared to herself, “Forever a Mickey girl.” Forever a Disney adult.”
So no chip from the old block.
Noel Gallagher’s daughter Anais put herself in Mickey Mouse ears and said to herself: ‘Forever a Mickey girl. Forever a Disney adult
A leg for Anne!
Princess Anne has always been the toughest royal – and now I can reveal this starts early in the morning.
Event rider Rachael Faulkner told the Talk Horse podcast she was once having breakfast with the Princess Royal, now 76, when she was doing a riding internship at Gatcombe Park.
Faulkner, 57, gushed that Princess Anne came into the kitchen, went to the refrigerator and “pulled out a leg of lamb from the night before and just started eating it!” So no muesli, Your Highness?
