Hand in hand, it’s Emma and her oh-so-Green companion
She looks spellbound on Venice break with tycoon Sir Philip’s son
HOLDING hands in Venice, this is Emma Watson and the tycoon’s son who appears to have cast a spell on her.
The image seems to confirm the long-rumoured romance between the Harry Potter star and Brandon Green, the son of controversial businessman Sir Philip Green.
Miss Watson, 32, was wearing a red and white dress with black sandals as she boarded a boat in the Italian city with Mr Green, 29, earlier this month.
A source previously told the Daily Mail that he had been ‘wooing’ the actress, who played Hermione Granger.
They were first pictured together last September when they disembarked from a helicopter in Battersea, London.
Miss Watson is said to have surprised friends with her relationship with Mr Green. It follows her split from businessman Leo Robinton after two years.
Although it appears that she’s happily coupled-up now, Miss Watson previously said she is content being ‘self-partnered’.
‘I never believed the whole “I’m happy single” spiel,’ she told Vogue in 2017. ‘It took me a long time but I’m happy [being single]. I call it being self-partnered.’
She also revealed that when it comes to love, dating apps were ‘not on the cards’. Instead she relies on friends from university and ‘outside of film’. ‘My friends are really good at setting me up,’ she continued.
It comes as Miss Watson was revealed to be the face of Prada’s latest fragrance campaign.
The fashion house posted an image of the actress with a pixie cut – and said that Miss Watson would make her directorial Magic in the air: Emma Watson and Brandon Green in Venice as they board a boat, above Left: Brandon with Sir Philip and his sister Chloe
debut with a short film for the launch of the campaign.
Mr Green – who featured in Tatler’s ‘most eligible’ list in 2014 – was once spotted playfully patting Kate Moss’s bottom while on holiday in St Barts.
Miss Watson is a vocal environmental campaigner – and Mr Green has also been trying to live up to his last name.
A source previously said he became invested in saving the planet after his father’s Arcadia Group empire – which included Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Burton – crumbled.
‘He got very interested in biodiversity and saving the oceans,’ they said. ‘He does a lot of charity work with both Monaco’s Prince Albert’s foundation and Princess Charlene’s foundation.
‘He is very into fitness and gets involved with galas and charities that help the planet. He does frequent beach clean-ups and whatever he can to help.’