EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: How Koo Stark discovered her ‘fiance’ was already engaged

Koo Stark’s romance with Prince Andrew ended after it was revealed she had starred in a mildly erotic film.

But the actress’s relationship with American financier Warren Walker came to an even more disastrous finish, court documents disclose. The details have been made public because Koo is suing Walker for £200,000 at the High Court.

Koo, 62, was engaged to Walker, 59, she reveals in the writ, but was devastated to discover he had cheated on her with another woman.

He was even engaged to both at the same time. Koo discovered his infidelity when she opened an envelope containing an engagement ring returned to him by the other lady.

Koo was so devastated she broke off her engagement. However, the couple got back together after Walker, with whom she has a daughter, Tatiana, 21, arranged a church wedding. Forbes publishing heir Walker later called off the wedding, but promised to provide financially for Koo and their daughter, as long as she dropped plans to write a newspaper column, says the writ.

After she lost a previous court case against Walker, Koo was made bankrupt and even faced criminal charges over a painting Walker claimed she had stolen from him. However, she was acquitted.

This latest case led to a private hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice last week.

Koo broke up with Prince Andrew in 1983. She married raffish man-about-town Tim Jefferies, 56, the next year, but they divorced in 1990.

She met Walker in 1994, but was not interested in him initially, as she had a wide circle of friends and wanted to have a serious relationship, marry, and have children.

Walker told her he was old-fashioned, also wanted to marry and have children, and provide for them. He followed her to Mongolia to see the Dalai Lama and proposed to her, according to the writ.

Prince Andrew and Koo Stark’s relationship ended when she was revealed to have appeared in a mildly erotic film 

The couple planned to wed in 1996, and hoped to have children, but Koo claims Walker did not love her, had no real intention of marrying and was ‘just stringing her along’.

She discovered she was pregnant and gave birth in 1997 to Tatiana, whose godfather is Prince Andrew.

Koo says that, after reaching a deal with Walker, she turned down lucrative opportunities, including a newspaper column and £500,000 from OK! magazine for photos of Tatiana’s christening party — an agreement sanctioned by Prince Andrew.

Walker claimed he would pay her at least £50,000 a year and buy her a London home if she dropped her plans, which she did, the writ claims.

Koo accuses him of lying in court in the U.S., and when confronted, he allegedly replied: ‘So I lied. So what?’

Koo reached a settlement with Walker in 2001, in which he agreed to pay her £200,000, she says. Now, she is turning to the High Court to enforce this, and seeking interest.

She is also seeking legal declarations that he will pay her £50,000 a year, as well as rent, household expenses, and the cost of food, a nanny, and a cleaner since 1999, adjusted for inflation.

Walker denies almost everything. In court documents, he says he was recently divorced when they met and never told Koo he wanted to remarry or have children. He claims she told him she was unable to have children and that, at the time of Tatiana’s birth, he ‘could not be certain that he was indeed the child’s father’.

Insisting they were never engaged or cohabited, Walker accuses Koo of perjury and says he had to use court proceedings to get Tatiana back after Koo took her to America.

He says that Mrs Justice Pauffley ordered in 2009 that Tatiana should live with him and that Koo should have only supervised contact. After a series of hearings, the Court of Appeal ordered him to provide a fund of £1.1million for housing Tatiana until July 2015.

Westwood has no time for make-up: she’s saving the world!

Vivienne Westwood with her husband, Andreas Kronthaler at  the premier of their new show My Beautiful Circus 

Many famous women use cosmetic surgery and Botox in a desperate bid to retain their youth, but the grand dame of fashion, Vivienne Westwood, is happy to grow old naturally.

She went to the first night of My Beautiful Circus at Chiswick House, West London, with no make-up and wearing a simple floral blouse and colourful skirt.

‘I can’t often spare the time to do these things, because I’m too busy trying to save the world,’ she tells me. ‘Time is running out for all of us.’

Dame Vivienne, 77, was accompanied by her Austrian designer husband, Andreas Kronthaler, 52 (right).

Her son, Joe Corre, from her relationship with late Sex Pistols promoter Malcolm McLaren (inset), is 50.

The smart set’s talking about…Getty dynasty heiress Isabel 

As an heiress to not one but two super-rich dynasties, it’s no surprise Isabel Getty is making waves on the social scene after returning from New York to London.

Her parents are Christopher Getty, whose oil tycoon grandfather Jean Paul inspired Hollywood film All The Money In The World, and socialite Pia, daughter of Duty Free billionaire Robert Miller.

Isabel Getty has been making waves on the social scene after returning from New York to London

Izzy, 24, is, however, determined not to become another ‘It girl’ and intends to prove herself as an artist and musician.

‘I’m exhibiting at Frieze, and there will be a private view at the British Summertime festival,’ she tells me. ‘It’s with Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. It’s amazing to have my work exhibited with them.’

She studied music in New York after attending London’s £19,890-a-year Harrodian school. Describing her style as ‘indie-soul’, she releases an EP next month.

Just don’t call her the next Taylor Swift: ‘That’s definitely not my style. My music is more rock ’n’ roll,’ says Izzy (right).

Newly single after ending a four-year relationship with Greek doctor Diamantis Xylas, Izzy lives with her mother in Knightsbridge. ‘I’m looking for a place in Camden, but the rent is really expensive. I’m not buying — prices are ridiculous.’

When an heiress complains about house prices, we really do need to worry.

For home decor, the first person Prince Charles rings is his sister-in-law, interior designer Annabel Elliot.

But Camilla’s younger sibling does not expect to hear from Meghan Markle when the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex move into a large apartment at Kensington Palace.

At a gala dinner for the Elephant Family charity, I asked Annabel if she would be helping Harry and Meghan with their new space.

‘No, I’m sure they’ve got their own decorator,’ she replied, adding a tip for good measure. ‘Colour! I’m not a white and beige person.’

(Very) Modern manners   

In this heatwave, how high do you turn up the air-con? Andrew Castle says the men in the BBC’s commentary box at Wimbledon like it blasting out.

‘I decide whether it’s on or off,’ the former tennis pro tells me. ‘None of my fellow male commentators ever complains when I turn it on. It’s like in hotel rooms — the men want the duvet off and the air-con on, and women don’t. Men are always hot while women are always cold.’

Look out, Andrew, or you’ll soon have the BBC crying sexism.

 Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini is enjoying a romance with Tallia Storm after his divorce from Cheryl Cole 

Cheryl Cole married Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini after a whirlwind courtship of just three months, and now the French restaurateur seems to be enjoying a romance with another singer — but one 15 years Cheryl’s junior.

Jean-Bernard, 37, who divorced Cheryl in 2016 after 18 months of marriage, escorted Tallia Storm, 19, to the Jersey Style Awards this week.

‘He and Tallia have been seeing each other since they met at the Cannes Film Festival,’ one of her friends claims. ‘They are taking things slowly, but they are a couple.’

Fashion designer Richard Quinn says he would rather dress Gemma Collins, former star of ‘reality’ show The Only Way Is Essex, than George Clooney’s wife, even though Amal is one of his clients.

At a style awards ceremony, Quinn was asked to choose between Amal and Gemma. He replied: ‘Gemma — I love her.

‘Amal is so nice, too. She visited my studio in the arches in Peckham four times for fittings and didn’t mind.’

Dame Diana Rigg has remained single ever since her second husband, Archie Stirling, had an affair with the much younger actress Joely Richardson 28 years ago.

But wouldn’t it be loverly if the dame, who is starring in My Fair Lady on Broadway, could find the ‘good-mannered’ man she is looking for? For Rigg, who turns 80 next month, has written to the New York Times, appealing for the man who gave up his taxi for her when she was caught in a rainstorm to identify himself.

‘I am looking for New York’s Truly Good-mannered Man,’ she writes. ‘I’d like to thank him by offering him and his significant other two tickets to My Fair Lady, to be followed by drinks in my dressing room…’

Jagger’s girl splits with tattooed ex-co rapper 

Here’s some news that might cheer Sir Mick Jagger and his ex-wife Jerry Hall: their daughter Georgia May is said to have split up with her bad-boy boyfriend, Norman Theuerkorn.

Georgia, 26, started going out earlier this year with the tattooed German rapper and fellow model, 31, who had served time in prison for theft and burglary.

Friends had told me that Jagger would be worried about her romance with Norman, but one of her father’s associates insists: ‘Mick would not hold his criminal past against him. After all, he’s been behind bars himself.’

That’s a reference to the one night that Jagger, 74, spent in Brixton prison in 1967 after being convicted of possessing amphetamine pills.

Georgia could leave a lasting impression on Norman, as he shared a photo online of her name seemingly tattooed on the inside of his bottom lip.

Apparently confirming their split, Georgia has removed every photo of Norman from her Instagram page.

Melvyn Bragg is considering resigning from the Garrick over its refusal to allow women members

Still a ladies’ man at the age of 78, Melvyn Bragg is considering resigning from the Garrick over its continuing refusal to allow women members.

The 187-year-old gentlemen’s club in Covent Garden has maintained its ban on the fairer sex, despite being forced to grant new rights to women guests.

‘I keep voting for them to allow female members, but they haven’t passed it yet,’ Lord Bragg tells me. ‘We should have won last time.

‘I’m actually wondering whether I should resign, or stay on and keep banging away.’