Lily’s lady in waiting

WHO would have thought that Lily Allen marrying a US TV star in Vegas would have any bearing on a forthcoming wedding hosted by the Earl of Plymouth at his family estate 5,000 miles away in Ludlow?

In a sign of the times for modern aristocracy, the Earl’s daughter India Windsor-Clive’s recent engagement was partly dependent on the popstar’s visit to the famous Little White Chapel with a Hollywood actor.

It seems Lily’s ex-husband Sam Cooper, 42, had been meaning to propose to India for ages but – rightly or wrongly – apparently held the opinion it would cause too much trouble with his feisty ex-wife. It was only once she was settled with a new husband, David Harbour, of Stranger Things fame, that Sam thought it was a good time remarry himself. Luckily India, 32, was happy to wait. My aristo source, who snootily describes Lily as ‘that ghastly popstar’ says: ‘The Earl has long considered him as a son-in-law anyway.’