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3:30pm Monday 10th January 2011 in Echo Woman By Louise Mackenzie
IN love and looking forward to having a family, part-time model Jacqui Ainsley has moved out of her Essex flat – and in with her multi-millionaire boyfriend Guy Ritchie.
Jacqui 29, has appeared in scores of adverts, including for Lynx and Elle Macpherson’s lingerie range. She also landed a lucrative contract with tanning company, Fake Bake.
She met Madonna’s 42-year-old ex-husband at a friend’s party in May 2009, and the pair began dating in March last year.
Since then, Jacqui and film director Guy have become inseparable. They even went on holiday together in July on a yacht in the south of France with his son by Madonna, Rocco.
Fortunately for Guy, he has got the all-important seal of approval from Jacqui’s dad, Robert.
Robert, who still lives in Westcliff, south Essex, says: “When Jacqui first introduced Guy to us he was a perfect gentleman. He was very intelligent and I was impressed.
“There has been a lot of speculation in the press about their relationship, but only they know what their life together is really like.
“We spent New Year with him at his Wiltshire home and it was fantastic. He was incredibly charming.”
In an interview in February’s Tatler magazine, Jacqui revealed she has moved into Guy’s London pad. She told Tatler: “I’m living with Guy in Marylebone.
“I don’t think there was really an official moment – no huge conversation or anything strange – we just wanted to spend time together and I was there all the time and evenings after work, so it just kind of happened.”
Jacqui has even decided to start learning Hebrew so she can have “private conversations” with her boyfriend, who is a follower of the Kabbalah religion.
She also spilled the beans on her dreams of one day becoming a mother.
“I’ve known since I was very little that I want to be a mum. Family is so important to me and obviously I think about it, but I’m still fairly young and I don’t want to rush things.
“I want everything to happen organically.”
The pair will soon move into Ritchie’s two adjoining £3million mansions in London’s Fitzrovia.
Jacqui added: “We are both really low-key people and what we love to do is stay in and cook together and just hang out.”
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