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===Relationships===
Stark met Prince Andrew in February 1981, and they were close for some two years, before and after his active service in the [[Falklands War]].<ref name=rebuttal/><ref>[[Alastair Burnet]], ''The ITN book of the royal wedding'' (Michael O'Mara Books, 1986), p. 38: "The actress Miss Koo Stark was a regular girlfriend of Prince Andrew for several years."</ref> [[Tina Brown]] has claimed that this was Andrew's only serious love affair.<ref name=brown>[[Tina Brown]], ''[[The Diana Chronicles]]'' (2011), p. 228</ref> In October 1982 they took a holiday together on the island of [[Mustique]].<ref>Kim McNamara, ''Paparazzi: Media Practices and Celebrity Culture'' (2015), p. 29</ref> According to [[Lady Colin Campbell]], Andrew was in love, and the Queen was "much taken with the elegant, intelligent, and discreet Koo".<ref>[[Lady Colin Campbell]], ''The Real Diana'', p. 161</ref> However, in 1983, after 18 months of dating, they split up under pressure from the Queen.<ref name=rebuttal/><ref name=brown/> In 1997, Prince Andrew became the godfather of Stark's daughter,<ref>''[[Newsweek]]'', Volume 128 (1997), p. 76</ref> and in 2015, when the Prince was accused by [[Jeffrey Epstein#Virginia RobertsGiuffre|Virginia Roberts]] over the [[Jeffrey Epstein]] connection, Stark came to his defence, stating that he was a good man and she could help to rebut the claims.<ref name=rebuttal>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/koo-stark-speaks-out-to-help-rebut-prince-andrew-sex-slave-claims-10046948.html|title=Prince Andrew's ex Koo Stark speaks about their relationship for first time in 30 years|date=February 15, 2015|work=independent.co.uk|access-date=December 21, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121050247/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/koo-stark-speaks-out-to-help-rebut-prince-andrew-sex-slave-claims-10046948.html|archive-date=January 21, 2017}}</ref>
 
Stark married Tim Jefferies, manager of a photographic gallery, in August 1984,<ref>''Milestones'', in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' dated Aug. 27, 1984</ref> at St Saviour's, [[Chalk Farm]], with the minister, [[Christopher Neil-Smith]], commenting that "It was such a quiet affair you wouldn't have known it was happening."<ref>'Stark weds Green Shield heir', [[Associated Press|AP]] report in ''[[The Daily Register]]'' dated August 17, 1984, page A2, col. 1</ref> They stayed together for a year, later divorcing.<ref name=time1997/>