Acid were dubbed a loved-up ‘It couple’ by aristos’ style magazine Tatler after I first revealed their relationship.
But now, I’m afraid to say, socialite Poppy Delevingne and Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark are just not ‘It’ any more.
Just over a year after I first reported their romance, I now have to disclose that the pair have split, although a source close to them says it is entirely amicable, adding: ‘They are just at different stages of their life. There is no animosity.’
There is a 12-year age gap between 37-year-old Poppy and her blue-blooded toyboy, known affectionately to his friends as Tino. But it seemed not to matter as they threw themselves into their relationship, going on each other’s glamorous family holidays and working on glitzy projects together.
But now Tino, 25 – godson of the Prince of Wales – has moved to Los Angeles to attend film school, which may have had an impact on their relationship. And ironically Poppy – older sister of supermodel Cara – may have helped him get there. She had been his muse for an arty promotional film he shot for Venezuelan fashion designer Carolina Herrera during the summer.
Poppy found romance with Tino – whose grandfather, the late Constantine II, was the last king of Greece – after splitting from her financier husband James Cook last year
The pair revelled in their time together with Poppy even joining Tino and other members of the defunct Greek royal family in Ibiza this summer
Poppy found romance with Tino – whose grandfather, the late Constantine II, was the last king of Greece – after splitting from her financier husband James Cook last year. The pair revelled in their time together with Poppy even joining Tino and other members of the defunct Greek royal family in Ibiza this summer. Poppy also spent time with Tino’s sister Princess Olympia in the Ralph Lauren suite at Wimbledon in July.
Poppy remains on good terms with James, 44, whom she married in a lavish Knightsbridge ceremony in 2014. He is now happily loved-up with singer-songwriter Emma Deigman, 35, who performs under the name Edei.
Poppy and Tino declined to comment last night.
Lovesick Hayley
Hollywood star Hayley Atwell has made a strange confession about her love life – she’s attracted to people who make her feel sick.
The 41-year-old Mission: Impossible actress, who is engaged to actor Ned Wolfgang Kelly, told author Jessie Burton about the trait for a video for the National Gallery.
‘I have this weird thing with being slightly attracted to people who also make me want to vomit a bit because I know they’re untrustworthy,’ she said.
Hayley, left, was previously linked to her co-star Tom Cruise – but surely she couldn’t have been alluding to one of the nicest men in Hollywood?