Inside Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas’s £7.5m mansion they bought from David Cameron’s pal before bitter split
WARRING exes Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are buying a £7.5m house, which is at the centre of their divorce battle, from one of David Cameron’s best chums.
The property is at the forefront of the custody saga the couple are going through after the Games of Throne actress filed a lawsuit in New York claiming that he’d abducted the children, who were due to live in England permanently later this year.
The singer furiously denied the accusation and a judge has now ruled that the two kids will remain in the Big Apple while the issue is being resolved, with Sophie being loaned friend Taylor Swift's apartment close by.
In the petition, Sophie claims that the pair had agreed they should move to England permanently and had their heart set on a rural estate - “their forever home” - situated 20 minutes from where Sophie grew up in Warwickshire - and they are due to complete on the deal in December 2023 for £7.5 million.
Now we can reveal that the current owner is top children’s author Giles Andreae, an old Etonian, who is one of the former PM's best mates.
Giles, 57, and Cameron, 56, shared a house together at Oxford University, are members of the infamous Bullingdon Club alongside Boris Johnson, and Giles is godfather to one of Cameron's kids.
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Giles’ twin brother Simon was the prem’s former bestie from childhood and both siblings have stuck up for Cameron in the past.
The writer, who is famous for creating stickman poet Purple Ronnie, bought the place in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, for £3m with wife Victoria in September 2008.
It doesn’t appear that the property was ever on the market, so it’s unknown how Joe and Sophie got to hear of it, but it certainly took their fancy.
Sophie, 27, submitted to court a letter Joe, 34, wrote to the owners to persuade them to sell, stating: “When my wife and I decided we were going to spend more time in the UK and search for a permanent home, our daughter expressed three unwavering requirements: having chickens, a pony and a Wendy house.
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“While many of the houses we viewed met this criteria, the moment we turned the corner and caught sight of the charming blue shutters adorning [redacted], we experienced a sense of magic unlike anything we had felt before.”
'MAGICAL HOME'
He signs off with: “We could tell that your family have truly loved living here and we can envision our children growing up here and making this our forever home… I really think Sophie and I will be able to look after [redacted names] and for many years pay homage to the magic you have created here.”
As it hasn’t been on the market for years, property info has to be gleaned from planning applications.
Giles and Victoria successfully applied for planning permission to convert an annex into a one-bedroom flat and table tennis room.
That planning application in 2011 reveals the house layout with a ground floor including the lounge, kitchen, games room, office, drawing room and huge garden room.
While the first floor has five bedrooms - including one for an au-pair - three bathrooms and the en-suite master bedroom. There’s expansive gardens with a pool and vegetable plot.
Giles's best selling children’s book Giraffes Can’t Dance sold over 10 million copies worldwide after its release in 1999.
He was then asked to write Winnie The Pooh: The Great Heffalump Hunt by A.A. Milne’s publisher in 2017 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first ever Winnie The Pooh book.
DIVORCE BATTLE
Joe Jonas filed for divorce from Sophie in early September amid speculation of marriage troubles and hired a pitbull attorney used by Tiger Woods in his divorce to Elin Nordegren.
Sources claimed Sophie enjoyed a party lifestyle, which Joe grew tired of.
One source told : "She likes to party, he likes to stay at home. They have very different lifestyles."
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Sophie later posted an official statement on Instagram, which read: "After four wonderful years of marriage we have mutually decided to amicably end our marriage.
"'There are many speculative narratives as to why but truly, this is a united decision and we sincerely hope that everyone can respect our wishes for privacy for us and our children.'"
