TALK OF THE TOWN: Sorry Lily, blonde Flora Huddart is James Norton’s new ‘festival girlfriend’
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He’s the charming actor who swept pop star Lily Allen off her feet at London’s Lido Festival. But now I can reveal that James Norton has swapped the Smile singer for another ‘festival girlfriend’ – although this time she’s a posh blonde socialite.
My spies saw the Grantchester actor holding hands with glamorous stylist Flora Huddart, at the NYC Downlow nightclub at Glastonbury last week.
Lily Allen was also at Worthy Farm but otherwise engaged – I’m told she was seen poring over her phone.
Allen ended her four-year marriage to Stranger Things star David Harbour in December after she discovered he had a secret profile on the Raya dating app.
Her fans were delighted to see her with Norton at the East London festival headlined by Charli XCX last month. The pair were snapped partying together, prompting speculation they were an item. However, it clearly wasn’t to be.
And it appears Norton and Huddart’s relationship has continued beyond the hedonistic fields of Worthy Farm, with the couple spotted on a cosy date in Shoreditch, East London, last week.
Huddart hails from a creative family. Her mother Arabella was a stylist for Vogue and her sister Georgiana is the co-founder of Hunza G, the bikini brand beloved by A-listers such as Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Emily Ratajkowski.
Happy Valley star Norton, 39, who has been tipped to be the next James Bond, was dating Prada model Charlotte Rose Smith, 25, late last year. That relationship came several months after he split from his fiancee, the actress Imogen Poots, after six years together.
James Norton revealed at Glastonbury that it was Imogen Poots who dumped him after six years, saying: ‘This is going to sound ridiculous but I got broken up with and it was massive.’
The actor previously swept pop star Lily Allen (pictured) off her feet at London’s Lido Festival
The Grantchester actor was seen holding hands with glamorous stylist Flora Huddart (pictured) at the NYC Downlow nightclub at Glastonbury last week
Speaking at Glastonbury, Norton revealed that it was Poots who dumped him, saying: ‘This is going to sound ridiculous but I got broken up with and it was massive.’
But he added: ‘It was a year and a half ago and I’m feeling great. I have gone through the most monumental change as a result I feel like I’ve grown up. I feel like I’ve become a man. It’s mad.’
Pop sensation Charli XCX got into a fight with ‘Boomers’ over her heavy use of Auto-tune during her Glastonbury set.
I can only imagine the outrage it would cause if they knew what the singer was paid for her computer-enhanced vocals – a cool £900,000.
Charli XCX was paid a cool £900,000 for her computer-enhanced vocals at Glastonbury
Finances take a Freudian slip
Kate Moss and Sienna Miller are fans, but business is far from booming for fashion designer Bella Freud, 64, with her eponymous label having lost £4.85 million since it was founded in 2012.
Last year, it lost another £315,000 and the designer, right, owes £250,000 to a key investor.
‘It’s such a hard business, fashion, partly because you’re always spending money,’ said Bella, the daughter of artist Lucian Freud, last month. Clearly!
Business is far from booming for fashion designer Bella Freud, 64, with her eponymous label having lost £4.85 million since it was founded in 2012
Last year, it lost another £315,000 and the designer, right, owes £250,000 to a key investor. ‘It’s such a hard business, fashion, partly because you’re always spending money,’ said Bella, the daughter of artist Lucian Freud
Olympia’s still game
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner and Peregrine ‘Perry’ Pearson looked more loved-up than ever at Glastonbury last weekend – despite rumours they’d quietly cooled things off.
Happily, his ex, Princess Olympia of Greece, is not pining.
King Charles’ goddaughter, 28, who split from the Cowdray Estate heir in late 2023, has been joined on her family’s Greek holiday by Argentine businessman Martin Pacanowski.
That’s something Perry had done three times.
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner and Peregrine ‘Perry’ Pearson looked more loved-up than ever at Glastonbury last weekend
King Charles’ goddaughter, 28, who split from the Cowdray Estate heir in late 2023, has been joined on her family’s Greek holiday by Argentine businessman Martin Pacanowski (pictured)
Going sober? Anais might roll with it…
Some might say that she’s hardly following in the rock ’n’ roll footsteps of her dad, Noel Gallagher.
The Oasis singer will surely be shocked to learn that his 25-year-old daughter has revealed she’s ‘sober curious’ – a term Gen Z use to describe drinking less alcohol.
In one social media post, Anais swapped her usual pint for a booze-free 0.0 Guinness.
Would Oasis have been quite so big had one of their songs been called Cigarettes & Alcohol-Free Beer?
Anais Gallagher swapped her usual pint for a booze-free 0.0 Guinness in a latest Instagram post
Some might say that she’s hardly following in the rock ’n’ roll footsteps of her dad, Noel Gallagher
Is it Groundhog Day? James Cook last week threw a party to celebrate his engagement to a blonde who looks strikingly similar to his ex-wife, Poppy Delevingne.
The aerospace director, 46, is to marry the willowy Lauren Brown, a photographer’s agent, after he proposed in Bhutan earlier this year.
The glamorous guest list at Kensington Roof Gardens included James’s sister Tori, a personal assistant to actress Sienna Miller.
Poppy is now in a relationship with Sienna’s ex, the billionaire businessman Archie Keswick. Small world!
James Cook last week threw a party to celebrate his engagement to a blonde who looks strikingly similar to his ex-wife, Poppy Delevingne (pictured with her billionaire boyfriend Archie Keswick)
Love it, Lewis
Singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi made a magnificent comeback on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury
Singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi made a magnificent comeback on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, with a secret set – first revealed in this newspaper – that brought the house down and secured his track Survive the No 1 slot this week.
And it seems he is bidding to bounce back in his personal life, too.
I can disclose the 28-year-old Scot has signed up to Raya, the celebrity dating app used by actors, sports stars, musicians and supermodels alike.
He’ll be getting kinda used to being someone you love…
