WHEN it comes to a special relationship, it seems US women cannot get enough of British blokes.
TV presenter Lizzie Cundy this week revealed how former pal Meghan Markle told her she wanted to date an Englishman.
She said her new show features a clip of the then-Suits actress admitting: “I want to be a London girl.
“I love London men and I love everything to do with London.”
Meghan fulfilled her ambition by marrying Prince Harry – and she is not the only celebrity Yank who has bagged a British partner.
Katy Docherty looks at some other famous Americans going for a Brit of all right.
OLIVIA WILDE & HARRY STYLES
HOLLYWOOD star and director Olivia decided to call “cut” on her nine-year relationship with comedian Jason Sudeikis in November 2020 – just months before she hooked up with Brit pop heart-throb Harry Styles.
The pair met on the set of her forthcoming film Don’t Worry Darling and were first spotted together at a wedding in California in January – and the following month Olivia moved into Harry’s Hollywood Hills mansion.
Olivia, 37, and Harry, 27, were this month seen kissing on a yacht in Italy off the Tuscan coast.
Meanwhile, Olivia’s ex Jason has now hooked up with a Brit too – former Page Three girl Keeley Hazell, below.
She starred alongside him in 2014 film Horrible Bosses 2 and appears in his sitcom Ted Lasso.
Keeley, 34, from Lewisham, South East London, was seen strolling with 45-year-old Jason last month in New York.
LILY ALLEN & DAVID HARBOUR
SINGER Lily married Stranger Things actor David in Las Vegas last year.
The London-based singer and New Yorker David tied the knot at the Graceland Wedding Chapel, in a small ceremony led by an Elvis impersonator.
The pair had first been spotted together in September 2019, ringside at a boxing match in London. They cosied up watching Brit slugger Luke Campbell’s defeat to Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko.
A month later, they were spotted strolling hand in hand together in Manhattan, above.
Lily, 36, who in 2019 appeared in coming-of-age comedy film How To Build A Girl, later revealed she first met David, 46, online, on celebrity dating app Raya.
During the pandemic the pair quarantined together in London – and Lily soon set tongues wagging when she was spotted wearing an engagement ring.
TAYLOR SWIFT & JOE ALWYN
WHEN it comes to Taylor’s fondness for English fellas, it seems the US singer just can’t Shake It Off.
She looks to have found lasting love with actor Joe after meeting him at the Met Gala in 2016 and going public the following year.
Taylor, 31, and Joe, 30, have written songs together – but have kept shtum about their romance.
Joe, who appeared in 2018 historical drama The Favourite, said he’d “prefer to talk about work” than their relationship.
He added: “I’m aware people want to know about that side of things. We have been successfully very private and that has now sunk in for people.”
Taylor penned I Knew You Were Trouble after dating Harry Styles in 2013. In 2016, she went out with Night Manager star Tom Hiddleston but called time on the relationship after three months.
EMILY BLUNT & JOHN KRASINSKI
JOHN was introduced to British movie beauty Emily in 2008 by his fellow American actor Justin Theroux.
The Girl On The Train and Mary Poppins actress, 38, moved from London to Los Angeles to live with Jack Ryan action man John, 41, before they later relocated to New York.
The pair tied the knot in the Big Apple in 2010 and now have two daughters, Hazel, seven, and five- year-old Violet.
But Emily is not the only woman in her family to fall head over heels for an American.
After she starred in 2006 movie The Devil Wears Prada, Emily introduced co-star Stanley Tucci, now 60, to her sister Felicity, 40, who works as a literary agent.
The pair, below, wed in 2012 and now live in Barnes, South West London.
PHOEBE DYNEVOR & PETE DAVIDSON
SATURDAY Night Live funnyman Pete made a beeline for Bridgerton beauty Phoebe after admiring her in the Netflix period drama earlier this year.
Now American Pete, 27, plans to move to the UK for a while to see if his relationship with Brit Phoebe can go the distance.
Smitten Phoebe, 26, from Trafford, Gtr Manchester, who began her career as a child actress in the BBC school drama Waterloo Road, took her fella on a cosy trip to her home town in April.
Last month Phoebe, daughter of Coronation Street veteran Sally Dynevor, who plays Sally Webster, got cosy with Pete in a VIP box at Wimbledon.
Pete has an impressive ex factor.
He was engaged to US singer Ariana Grande and has dated Brit actress Kate Beckinsale, as well as Cindy Crawford’s model daughter Kaia Gerber.
RENEE ZELLWEGER & ANT ANSTEAD
BRIDGET Jones actress Renee may have found her Mr Darcy – in the unlikely form of the presenter of TV’s Wheeler Dealers.
Plymouth-born Ant, 42, met Texan Renee, 52, while filming his car makeover show Celebrity IOU Joyride, which starts on Discovery+ next month.
Insiders claimed after the episode had been shot, Renee returned to the set to drop off a pair of work boots for Ant – and that was when sparks began to fly between the pair.
They were spotted this week smooching at Newport Beach in California, with Ant’s young son Hudson from his marriage to US property show presenter Christina Haack playing nearby.
The couple hit it off as Ant finalised his divorce from second wife Christina.
