While some grooms brace for an overbearing mother-in-law, Thomas Brodie-Sangster faced an even scarier prospect when he exchanged wedding vows with actress Talulah Riley this weekend.
I hear Elon Musk, who Talulah was married to and divorced not once but twice, attended the wedding in Anstey, Hertfordshire.
“He flew to the wedding on a private jet,” a source claims. “He had been in the south of France, attending a conference in Cannes.”
The presence of the Tesla billionaire, 52, who has a very colorful love life, underlines how close he has remained with Talulah, 38, whom he divorced for a second time in 2016.
She has described him as the ‘perfect ex-husband’.
Elon Musk, whom Talulah was married to and divorced not once but twice, attended the wedding in Anstey, Hertfordshire
The St Trinian star announced her engagement to 34-year-old Brodie-Sangster last year on Musk’s social media site X, formerly Twitter.
The St Trinian star announced her engagement to 34-year-old Brodie-Sangster last year on Musk’s social media site X, formerly Twitter.
The South African-born tycoon responded with a post expressing his congratulations.
Thomas, who shot to fame aged 13 as lovesick Sam in Love Actually, wrote on Instagram: ‘Happy to announce that Talulah and I are engaged. Love is all around X” – a reference to the Troggs’ ballad that featured in the romantic comedy.
The couple met in 2021 on the set of the Disney+ miniseries Pistol, about punk group The Sex Pistols.
Talulah, who grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, had met Musk at the Whiskey Mist nightclub in Mayfair while he was away on business.
She revealed in 2012 that she was a virgin at 22 when she met the mogul, saying: ‘I’ve never slept with anyone except Elon. Which is nice.’
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 ahead.’ I thought it was very sweet that he asked.’
Her father, Doug Milburn, a high-ranking police officer turned screenwriter, disagreed.
She recalled: “He Googled ‘Elon + rocket + electric car’ and angrily exclaimed that Elon was married with five children.
He replied, “You were picked up by a playboy. Text the guy that you’re not going to have dinner with him and he’s shocked.’
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 2010 at Dornoch Cathedral, Scotland, but divorced two years later.
They remarried in 2013, and Talulah later said they “got back together on the divorce filing.”
Musk initiated their second divorce in 2014, before withdrawing the lawsuit months later.
In 2016, Talulah requested that the proceedings begin again and they broke up for good. She reportedly received a £12.5 million settlement.
Musk, who is known to be concerned about population decline, is now the father of twelve children.