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car in case someone jumped on her. ‘This nutter has been hanging outside my house, it’s been really alarming. My mother has been so upset and I just hate it,’ Keira revealed.
    ‘Keira plays it cool but you can understand her mum’s worry. This bloke has really shaken Sharman up,’ a friend said in 2004. ‘He is probably just a harmless fan, but you can never be too sure. There are so many weirdos in London.’ Jamie also shared Sharman’s concerns and told BBC Radio Ulster some days later, ‘She’s a nineteen-year-old girl and if she goes anywhere on her own, there’s men following her. It’s almost certainly paparazzi but there’s the off chance that it could be some absolute weirdo.
    ‘You do get quite aware of the paparazzi and stuff, but I do think they’re the lowest. I can’t handle them at all.’
    It was increasingly obvious from Jamie’s rare openness about the situation that the responsibility of dating someone in the public eye was taking its toll. He and Keira had started to dress down when leaving the house in order to try not to draw attention, with the actress wearing baggy trousers, beanie hats and no make-up. Nights out were also being replaced with evenings in front of the TV in order to avoid being out in public. The relentless attention, however, wasn’t just confined to London, as residents living close to Jamie’s childhood home in Holywood, County Down, had also noticed the model’s now famous girlfriend arriving in town for weekend breaks. ‘She has been over before but no one really recognised who she was – it will probably be a lot harder now,’ a source told the local paper. ‘If she lands in Ireland you’ll be the first to know.’
    Matters seemed to go from bad to worse when at the London premiere of
King Arthur
the pair were at the centre of a terrifying security alert. Looking stunning on the red carpet, Keira appeared every bit the A-list celebrity as she stood dripping in £250,000-worth of diamonds on loan from Asprey’s and accompanied by Jamie in a designer black silk suit and shirt. Thousands of fans had turned out to the event in Leicester Square and the young couple couldn’t believe the reaction she was getting. ‘I can’t believe how many people are here,’ Jamie’s now famous lover was overheard saying. ‘I don’t believe I could ever get used to this sort of reaction.’
    The couple were clearly bowled over by the turnout but as the evening wore on, their feelings of excitement turned to disbelief when, due to a ‘breakdown in communications’ with organisers of the event, the duo were left alone during a terrifying crush in the VIP area, without her security guards in sight. Worried the necklace and bracelet would be stolen in the mayhem, security staff stormed through the crowds and swooped on the actress before dramatically stripping her of the jewels from around her arm and neck. Jamie and Keira were left feeling exposed and very, very scared. ‘I was really quite frightened. Security rushed in here at midnight and took them off me […] it was terrifying to have all these people crushing around me when I was wearing all that money,’ she revealed at the time. ‘Now they’re safely away I can just party with Jamie – he was really worried about my safety.’
    Being plunged headlong into the world of celebrity was without doubt beginning to become something of an arduoustask for Jamie, as he tried hard to enjoy his own ‘normal’ life, which he prized so much. It was, after all, not his career that was bringing the international fame and intrusive attention, but Keira’s. Being her partner required a massive dose of responsibility and loyalty – it was undoubtedly a big ask. While she took centre stage publicly and reaped the financial rewards, he was forced to take something of a back seat, despite the fact that he was being scrutinised almost as much.
    Back home in Ireland, his every move was being documented and celebrated – it