While some grooms prepare for an overbearing mother-in-law, Thomas Brodie-Sangster faced an even more daunting prospect when he exchanged vows with actress Talulah Riley over the weekend.
I have heard that Elon Musk, to whom Talulah was married and divorced, not once but twice, attended the wedding in Anstey, Hertfordshire.
“He returned to the wedding on a private jet,” says a source. “She had been in the south of France, attending a conference in Cannes.”
The presence of the 52-year-old Tesla billionaire, who has a very colorful love life, highlights how close he remains to Talulah, 38, whom he divorced for the second time in 2016.
She has described him as the “perfect ex-husband.”
Elon Musk, who Talulah was married to and divorced not once but twice, attended the wedding in Anstey, Hertfordshire.
The St Trinian’s star announced her engagement last year to Brodie-Sangster, 34, on Musk’s social media site X, formerly Twitter.
The St Trinian’s star announced her engagement last year to Brodie-Sangster, 34, on Musk’s social media site X, formerly Twitter.
The South African-born mogul responded with a post offering his congratulations.
Thomas, who rose to fame at the age of 13 as a lovestruck Sam in Love Actually, wrote on Instagram: ‘Happy to announce that Talulah and I are engaged. Love is everywhere X’, a reference to the ballad of the Troggs who appeared in the romantic comedy.
The couple met in 2021 on the set of the Disney+ miniseries Pistol, about the punk group Sex Pistols.
Talulah, who grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, met Musk at Mayfair nightclub Whiskey Mist while on a business trip.
She revealed in 2012 that she was still a 22-year-old virgin when she met the mogul, saying: “I’ve never slept with anyone other than Elon.” Which is good.’
In a BBC documentary about him, Talulah revealed: ‘My first impression was that he was very sweet, he seemed quite shy.
He said, ‘Can I put my hand on your knee?’ and I said, ‘Okay, go on then.’ I thought it was very sweet that he asked me.
His father, Doug Milburn, a top cop turned screenwriter, did not approve.
She recalled: ‘He Googled ‘Elon + rocket + electric car’ and angrily exclaimed that Elon was married with five children.
He replied: ‘A playboy picked you up.’ Text that man that you’re not going to have dinner with him and he’ll be screwed.’
The couple met in 2021 on the set of the Disney+ miniseries Pistol, about the punk group Sex Pistols.
However, Musk had filed for divorce from his first wife, Justine. He and Talulah married in Dornoch Cathedral, Scotland, in 2010, but divorced two years later.
They remarried in 2013 and Talulah later said they were “back together filing for divorce.”
Musk filed his second divorce in 2014, before dropping the lawsuit months later.
In 2016, Talulah asked that the process be restarted and they separated permanently. She reportedly received a £12.5 million settlement.
Musk, known for his concerns about population decline, is now the father of 12 children.