IT was a marriage few would have predicted – one a hippy Hollywood star and the other, the heir to a sprawling British residence and historic titles. But in 2002, the very different worlds o…
IT was a marriage few would have predicted - one a hippy Hollywood star and the other, the heir to a sprawling British residence and historic titles.At that point, the actress had “no idea about the castles or titles” - nor that she would put her acting career on hold to move 5,300 miles away and live in a 14th-century manor on 3,500 acres after tying the knot.
She said: “I had no idea about the castle or titles or anything until he drove me up the driveway months into our relationship - which was good ‘cause I wouldn’t have known what to do with that information anyway.“After months of writing letters to each other and a date in New York, one of Charles’ rugby pals invited them both to his wedding in the UK - a trip where she realised who he truly was.
AJ said: “It was that and the fact that we met in a bar in Vegas... I think they would’ve minded less if I’d actually looked like a Baywatch actress. “I lived alone for many years and travelled alone a lot and always went to the beat of my own drum. Then here I was in the middle of really intense and very, very deep-rooted patriarchy. It has been really fascinating.”
There were also the challenges of maintaining the property - which insiders believed could cost more than £1million a year. The couple made big changes to the venue including modernising it by allowing same-sex marriages in the venue and publicising details of one of Charles’ gay ancestors. The introduction of what she branded “so-called Californian ideas”, her background as an actress and passion projects, led some to refer to AJ as “Devon’sIn the wake of their divorce being announced this week, sources told the Mail that AJ was “homesick” and suggested that she was underprepared for the stresses of maintaining Charles’ ancestral home.
She added: “Inheriting Powderham happened very quickly – we kind of upped and left and it was so overwhelming we haven’t spent much time back in California.”
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