Who is Jillian Taylor? Researcher and book editor linked to Jeremy Paxman – all you need to know
Jillian is said to be living with former Newsnight host after he left his his partner of 35 years
JEREMY Paxman has been pictured out with his rumoured new lover Jillian Taylor, 37, a books editor who is 29 years his junior.
She is said to be living with former Newsnight host, 66, at his London flat after he left his his partner of 35 years Elizabeth Clough, 64.
Here's what we know about the new woman in Paxo's life.
Who is Jillian Taylor?
Canadian born Jillian reportedly began working for Paxman around 12 years ago after leaving university.
She was employed as a researcher and editorial assistant at Penguin books.
In 2015 she was promoted to editor at Penguin offshoot Michael Joseph, which specialises in women’s fiction, crime, thrillers, cookery, memoirs and lifestyle books.
Jillian is said to be divorced and lived in North London before moving in with Paxman at his £1.5million flat in Notting Hill, West London.
How did Jillian Taylor get close to Jeremy Paxman?
Jillian has worked closely with Paxman on his historical books, which he wrote alongside his telly roles on Newsnight and University Challenge.
She even went to stay with Paxman and his family when he was writing at home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
His partner Elizabeth Clough is said to have "welcomed her into her home", according to the .
Jillian helped Paxman with his 2011 bestseller Empire: What Ruling The World Did To The British.
He lavishly praised her work in the acknowledgment section.
He wrote: "I have been very fortunate indeed in the people who have helped me: I no sooner asked a question than had it answered, wherever she happened to be in the world at that moment.
"Jillian Taylor is the best researcher a writer could wish for — conscientious, imaginative and astonishingly industrious."
She also helped on his 2013 book Great Britain’s Great War, published in 2013.
Paxman wrote: "Most of all I thank Jillian Taylor, whose Stakhanovite capacity for research continues to amaze.
"She is probably the perfect researcher — bright, resourceful, cheerful and indefatigable."
In 2014 she accompanied him on a trip to the Orkneys as he researched an article for the Financial Times on the sinking of HMS Hampshire in 1916.
An islander who met them for lunch told the Mail Online: "As far as we could see at that point they were just in a professional relationship.
"Jillian is an attractive woman — quite a bit younger than him. She arranged to get two signed copies of his book sent to us."
When did Jillan Taylor and Jeremy Paxman become romantically involved?
Paxman's former partner, the mother of his three grown-up children, was still at his side in December as he left hospital on crutches following knee surgery and a blood clot scare.
However it emerged at the weekend they had split in September.
It is not clear when he began spending more time with Jillian.
A family friend told the Mail the romance began long before his split from Elizabeth.
The friend said: "He has told Elizabeth and friends that it has been going on much longer than that."
Paxman and Jillian were seen leaving his flat together on Sunday.
But he refused to comment when asked if they were in a relationship.
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