Eden Confidential
EURYTHMICS singer Annie Lennox’s daughter Tali spoke movingly of how her heart was ‘shattered’ after her boyfriend, Ian Jones, was killed when their kayak capsized six years ago.
Now I can reveal that Burberry model Tali has found love again at last, after moving to New York from London’s Notting Hill.
She’s fallen for well-connected property whizz Jeremy Aidan, 32, after they were introduced by mutual friends. ‘They’re a really sweet couple,’ a pal tells me. ‘It’s great to see how happy he makes her.’
Aidan was born and raised in New York, where his regular appearances on the social scene are covered by society magazines. He has been boasting to friends about ‘gorgeous’ Tali, 28, while she’s affectionately taken to calling him ‘Mowgli’ because of his shaggy black hair. For her birthday last month, they enjoyed a romantic getaway to Miami.
The daughter of Israeli record producer Uri Fruchtmann, Tali was struck by tragedy in 2015, when photographer Jones drowned at the age of 32. The couple’s kayak had capsized on the Hudson River in New York state, where his family lived, and he was swept away by the powerful current. Tali was rescued by a nearby boat; his body was discovered three days later.
‘My heart is shattered,’ she wrote at the time. ‘My best friend, my soulmate, my partner in crime and creativity, the love and light of my life is no longer with me.’
Settling in New York, Tali found solace in creativity. ‘Art helped me heal so much. I don’t know how I would have coped without that,’ she explained. ‘I like forms of healing that come from within. You don’t have to go to a therapist [or] lean on someone’s shoulder. You have a kind of sacred space from yourself.’