Scottish Daily Mail

Look away Billie! Ex in clinch with posh new love

- Sebastian Shakespear­e diary@dailymail.co.uk Follow me on Twitter @sebshakesp­eare

LEWIS star Laurence Fox, who divorced Billie Piper last year, appears to have found love with a woman who shares his wellheeled background.

I can reveal that the 39-year-old son of The Servant star James Fox is enjoying a blossoming romance with DJ and television presenter Lilah Parsons, 29.

‘They are dating,’ confirms one of Fox’s friends.

While Fox comes from one of this country’s most illustriou­s acting dynasties and was educated at £38,550-a-year Harrow School, Lilah is the niece of former MI5 boss Eliza Manningham-Buller.

The pair, right, were seen walking their dogs together after arranging to meet at a pub near their homes in a fashionabl­e corner of North London.

Both dressed in ripped jeans, trainers, dark jackets and sunglasses, they tenderly smooched and cuddled each other.

‘They looked like a happy couple,’ says one onlooker. ‘Their outfits were almost “his and hers”.’

Fox has two children from his nine-year marriage to former Doctor Who star Billie, 35.

While builder’s daughter Billie comes from a humble background in Swindon, Wilts, Lilah enjoyed a very privileged upbringing, attending Oundle School, in Northampto­nshire, where annual fees are £35,565.

She is the daughter of courtier Sir John Parsons, who was appointed as an Extra Equerry to the Queen in 2002.

Like Fox, Sir John is an Old Harrovian. He had previously served as Her Majesty’s accountant

in his role as Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse.

Former model Lilah, who was discovered at 16 by a fashion scout and has worked for Chanel, Vivienne Westwood and Swatch, is the granddaugh­ter of the late Lord Chancellor, Viscount Dilhorne.

Lilah, who went on to co-present Capital FM’s Breakfast show with Dave Berry and George Shelley, is not the first glamorous woman to have been linked with Fox since his divorce. He previously courted Irish model Vogue Williams and Sky Sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher.

Billie is going out with rock musician Johnny Lloyd.

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