Jemima claims her ex was obsessed with Her Majesty

DOES Hugh Grant harbour a secret passion for the Queen?

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According to the actor’s ex-girlfriend Jemima Khan, one of her former loves (and all fingers point at Hugh) nursed a rather embarrassing fascination with the head royal.

The socialite, 33, embarked on a relationship with the Four Weddings And A Funeral star shortly after her divorce from former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan in 2004.

Jemima reveals: “My ex-boyfriend was stalkerishly obsessed by the Queen. He’d dream about her regularly and would accept the most unlikely invitations just for a chance to see her.”

Hugh, 47, appears to have been Jemima’s only significant other since the break up of her marriage. The couple were together for three years and Jemima confesses that her ex would jump at any opportunity for a glimpse of Her Majesty.

Referring to one meeting, UNICEF ambassador Jemima recalls the Queen’s reaction to her partner’s enthusiasm: “She asked politely what brought him to a reception for the Italian president, for example, and he claimed to have a passion for Italy. I put her straight: ‘He came to gawp at you again, Ma’am.’ She nodded wearily.

“And after a glass or two of wine he got much too chatty with her. ‘Don’t you ever get tired of the paparazzi and want to take a swing at them with your handbag?’ She smiled politely but I noticed her looking around for her policeman,” Jemima adds.

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