AFFAIR TIMELINE
Hollywood star Elizabeth Hurley has taken a long and torturous route to the altar with Arun Nayar. Here's a look at some key dates in their tumultuous affair.
Hollywood star Elizabeth Hurley has taken a long and torturous route to the altar with Arun Nayar. Here's a look at some key dates in their tumultuous affair.
24 May, 2000 - Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant split after 13 years together.
October 2000 - Liz Hurley and Steve Bing go public with their relationship
8 November 2001 - Liz Hurley announces she is pregnant
4 December 2001 - Steve Bing says he and Liz Hurley had not had an "exclusive" relationship
6 January 2002 - Steve Bing sues the Daily Mirror over "hate" campaign
4 April 2002 - Liz Hurley gives birth
19 April 2002 - Steve Bing launches paternity case
May 2002 - Bing takes DNA test
23 May 2002 - Press complaint thrown out
19 June 2002 - Steve Bing proved to be the father
March 25, 2003 - Liz and Arun Nayar visit Mumbai to meet Arun's parents
March 31, 2003 - Arun's grandmother Kailash Nayar, reportedly appalled by photographs of the couple kissing in the street in St Moritz, Switzerland, in
February, snubs Liz. Arun's mother however approves of the match.
April 7, 2003 - Arun reportedly proposes after Mumbai visit and Liz accepts
May 5, 2003 - Passengers on board the First Class cabin of a London-bound British Airways jumbo jet from New York report seeing Liz and Arun caress each other publicly
May 13, 2003 - Arun fails to convince estranged wife Valentina Pedroni for a quick divorce
November 4, 2003 - Couple issue separate denials to Tabloid stories that their impending marriage has been called off. 'We were never engaged', says Liz
April 29, 2004 - Vinod Nayar, Arun's father formally announces his son's intention to marry Liz
July 31, 2004 - Valentina says she's ready to forgive Arun and move on. Way clear for the wedding.
