A Hollywood starlet claims her former fiancé, the son of the Earl of Drogheda, entered into an ‘arrangement’ with his new fiancée, a 25-year-old American heiress, to satisfy his family’s expectations.

Garrett Moore, the son of Derry Moore, the 12th Earl of Drogheda, was once engaged to Colleen Camp, who is 72 and notably older than Moore’s own mother.

Recently, it was disclosed that 39-year-old Moore is now engaged to Hope Chilton. She is the daughter of Richard Lockwood Chilton Jr., an investment CEO with an impressive fortune of $1.3 billion, placing him among the wealthiest individuals globally.

Colleen Camp, known for captivating audiences in two Police Academy films and a Smokey And The Bandit movie, has responded by suggesting Moore’s latest engagement is merely a strategic ‘arrangement.’

In a statement to the Daily Mail, Camp remarked, “He said the reason he proposed is that no one has ever made him laugh harder.”

She added: ‘I’m sure his family will be much happier with this arrangement than [with] a grandmother.’

Moore,  who is known for staging fantastical revels at London’s top venues for the likes of Kate Moss, Sienna Miller and Harry Styles, proposed after a transatlantic romance that has become the talk of London and New York society.

While the pair have not yet announced a wedding date, society watchers expect lavish celebrations on both sides of the Atlantic, likely including London, New York and possibly the Chiltons’ grand English estate, Crichel House, a Palladian mansion set in 5,000 acres of Dorset parkland. It was where George IV stayed while Prince Regent.

Colleen Camp was engaged to Garrett Moore, whose father is the 12th Earl of Drogheda Derry Moore, in 2020. This was despite their 33 year age gap and her being older than his mother 

Moore, 39, is now betrothed to Hope Chilton – the daughter of US investment CEO Richard Lockwood Chilton Jr

Camp left a generation of teenage boys spellbound thanks to roles in two of the Hollywood blockbuster Police Academy movies and a Smokey And The Bandit film

The couple’s families, including Hope’s father Richard, 67, and the Earl of Drogheda – also known as Derry Moore, the celebrated photographer, 88 – are said to be thrilled.

A friend of the couple told the Daily Mail: ‘Garrett and Hope are a perfect match. She is warm, smart and unpretentious and they are incredibly happy together. Both families are delighted.’

Camp and Moore’s previous relationship made headlines not only for the 33-year age gap but for Moore’s own gleeful comparisons to The Graduate, the 1967 film about a young man – played by Dustin Hoffman – seduced by an older woman.

Despite their 33-year age gap, the pair were said to have much in common through their love of hosting parties, but the wedding never materialised, and they’re believed to have split that December.

At the time, Camp described their bond as ‘magical’, while he joked it might look like ‘Harold And Maude’ from the outside.

‘We have had a magical and wonderful relationship over the last few years,’ Colleen told the Daily Mail’s Richard Eden in November 2020.

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter last December, Camp insisted the pairing was ‘a joke that went too far’, adding: ‘We never even kissed.’

Prior to her relationship with Moore, Camp married John Goldwyn in 1986, who held a senior role at Paramount at the time. He would later become the vice chairman.

The marriage ended in divorce in 2001, with Goldwyn coming out as gay when the papers were filed. He is now married to hotel owner Jeff Klein, and the pair remain close to Camp, with whom Goldwyn shares a daughter, Emily.

While the pair have not yet announced a wedding date, society watchers expect lavish celebrations on both sides of the Atlantic. Pictured: Hope Chilton