Inside Lily Allen’s new romance with famous boyfriend who has strange connection to Princess Diana


The singer has confirmed she’s in her first relationship following her split from actor David Harbour after four years of marriage


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February 28, 2026
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Just months after her well-received album West End Girl laid bare the challenges of her marriage to David Harbour, it seems that Lily Allen has found love once more. The singer is believed to be dating Jonah Feud, with whom she has been spotted multiple times in public since late last year.

Lily, 40, split from the Stranger Things actor, 50, who she accused of infidelity in multiple song lyrics, in early 2025 after four years of marriage. In an interview in October, she confirmed she was dating again, and then, when Grazia magazine recently asked her who was the last person to text her, she replied "my boyfriend". 

According to the Daily Mail, the star - who had also been recently linked to actor James Norton - was spied with Jonah at an Oasis concert and at the Chiltern Firehouse late last year. They were then seen kissing at her Christmas party in London's Stringfellows in December. 

Lily - who is mother to daughters Ethel, 14, and Marnie, 13, with her ex-husband Sam Cooper - has also been spotted dining with Jonah at a west London restaurant. They were likewise pictured on a romantic trip to Rome in January and also attended the Valentino fashion show in Paris.

Lily Allen and Jonah Freud were spotted leaving a Valentino afterparty during Paris Fashion Week in January© Getty Images
Lily Allen and Jonah Freud were spotted leaving a Valentino afterparty during Paris Fashion Week in January

Who is Jonah Freud?

Jonah, is 28 years old, having been born in 1997, making him 12 years Lily's junior. He is from a very famous family, being the second-eldest son of Matthew Freud, the entrepreneur and public relations executive. 

Matthew's uncle was the painter Lucien Freud and his cousin is the fashion designer Bella Freud. Jonah is also the great-great-grandson of Sigmund Freud, the neurologist considered to be the founder of psychoanalysis.

His father is Matthew Freud (pictured with his brother George and half-siblings Samson and Charlotte) in 2012© Getty Images
Jonah's father is Matthew Freud (pictured with his brother George and half-siblings Samson and Charlotte) in 2012
His father married Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth (pictured in 2013)© Getty Images
His father married Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth (pictured in 2013)

Further still, Jonah is the grandson of Sir Clement Freud, the politician, and the nephew of broadcaster and writer Emma Freud. The latter is married to screenwriter and film producer Richard Curtis, and the couple worked together on Love Actually.

Jonah's mother is Caroline Hutton, from whom his father split in 2000 after nine years of marriage. She went on to marry the late Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer from 2001 to 2007.

The 28-year-old's mother is Caroline Hutton, who was married to Earl Spencer (pictured in 2006)© Getty Images
The 28-year-old's mother is Caroline Hutton, who was married to Earl Spencer (pictured in 2006)
He spent part of his childhood growing up at Althorp, the Spencer family seat where Princess Diana spent her childhood© WireImage
He spent part of his childhood growing up at Althorp, the Spencer family seat where Princess Diana spent her childhood

Caroline lived with Earl Spencer at Althorp, the Spencer family seat in Northamptonshire, where Diana grew up, during their marriage. This is where, according to the Daily Telegraph, Jonah spent much of his childhood - along with his older brother George Freud, who was born in 1995 - between visits to see their father in London. Matthew went on to marry media mogul Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth, from 2001 to 2014.

As well as George, his one full brother, Jonah has a younger half-brother Ned, from his mother's marriage to Earl Spencer, who was born in 2003. He also has a half-sister Charlotte, born in 2000, and a half-brother Samson, born in 2007, from his father's marriage to Elisabeth Murdoch. 

What is Jonah Freud’s job?

Jonah is a writer and artist based in London. He collaborated with activist Lola Bute and his cousin, the journalist Scarlett Curtis, on the 2020 book Loss & Hope, which is an anthology of poetry, art and prose. It featured contributions from Sebastian Faulks, Rita Ora, Adwoa Aboah, Poppy Jamie and Jean Campbell.

Jonah is a writer and artist (pictured with Kaia Gerber in 2020)© Dave Benett/Getty Images for LOV
Jonah is a writer and artist (pictured with Kaia Gerber in 2020)
The couple were pictured together at her Christmas party at Stringfellows in December, along with Bono's daughter Jordan Hewson© Dave Benett/Getty Images for Str
The couple were pictured together at her Christmas party at Stringfellows in December, along with Bono's daughter Jordan Hewson

Lily's other half is also the founder of Reference Point, a bookshop and bar based at 180 Strand, in London, which specialises in post-war radical art, architecture, design, fashion and culture. Despite his famous connections, Jonah has tended to stay largely out of the public eye and, according to Grazia, keeps his social media profiles private.

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