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Lily Allen cuts a trendy figure as she brings her mother Alison Owen along as a plus one to swanky luncheon after her split from husband David Harbour

Lily Allen cuts a trendy figure as she brings her mother Alison Owen along as a plus one to swanky luncheon after her split from husband David Harbour

Daily Mail​09-05-2025
Lily Allen cut a trendy figure as she was joined by her mother Alison Owen for a casting directors' luncheon at The Park in London on Friday.
The singer, 40, who confirmed her split from husband David Harbour in January, showed off her sensational sense of style at the event, hosted by Jeremy King and Kate Lenahan.
She donned a Miu Miu logo-embroidered polo shirt and a mini brown leather skirt, adding height to her frame with a pair of black knee-high boots.
Lily accessorised with a layer of gold-toned pendant necklaces and toted her essentials in a mini black handbag.
She styled her fringed rouge-tinted tresses in an up-do and showed off her stunning features with a glamorous make-up palette.
Meanwhile, her mother, Alison, 64, looked effortlessly chic in a a stylish lemon and apple print summer dress.
She gave herself a few extra inches in a pair of beige open-toe sandals and further accessorised with gold hoop earrings.
The film producer appeared in great spirits as she beamed for the cameras alongside her daughter.
Alison shares daughter Lily and actor son Alfie, 38, with her ex-husband Keith Allen, 71. They were married from 1982 but divorced in 1989.
Lily's 2018 song, Apples, is directly inspired by her parents' separation, which occurred when she was four years old.
The song reflects on the early days of her parents' relationship and the eventual divorce, with lyrics expressing her sense of mirroring her parents' behaviour and the idea that 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.
Lily's family outing comes after she split from Stranger Things actor David, 49, late last year after four years of marriage.
Lily and David tied the knot in Vegas in 2020, and the couple moved from London to the United States.
However, last December, friends confirmed they had split after living 'separate lives' for months.
Lily previously said of their split: 'I am not over it. I am sort of running away. Maybe I will have a nervous breakdown.'
The former couple originally met on the celebrity dating app Raya in 2019.
Previously speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, Lily shared that she was only 'swiping for a bit of fun' when she came across David dressed as a 'sexy policeman'.
'I didn't know who he was. I thought he was just like a sexy policeman from a reality TV show because he was wearing a policeman's uniform. It was a still from Stranger Things. I'd never seen Stranger Things,' she said.
'I don't even know what I was looking for. It was just something to do on holiday, swiping, it's a bit of fun.
'When I met him, I didn't think it was going to go anywhere. He was here filming Black Widow. He was only going to be here for a couple of months. And then it did [go somewhere].'
Their separation came after Lily turned amateur sleuth after speculating that David had 'cheated' on the same dating app.
Lily was left in 'agony' when she allegedly discovered the actor had a secret profile on the celebrity dating app, The Mail on Sunday revealed.
The pop star joined the app herself, pretending to be 'looking for women' – and allegedly found that David had already set up a dating profile. He was reportedly listed on the app as being active for at least a month.
Raya is so exclusive that it accepts only around eight per cent of applicants, but it has more than 10,000 members, with 100,000 on the waiting list.
Once users find a new partner, they usually disable their profiles.
A source said: 'Lily was looking for women that were on Raya and cross-referencing them with women David follows on Instagram to try to figure out who he was seeing. She was doing her Wagatha thing.
'Lily only rejoined Raya to try to figure out whether he was seeing someone.
'Lily has never even looked at anyone since she met David. She is devastated. He broke up with Lily a month ago.
'He was meant to be on holiday with her in Kenya over Christmas.'
David's alleged dating profile, exclusively revealed by the Mail on Sunday, read: 'Visiting New York from Atlanta' and 'closet nerd that plays tough guys on your TV'.
It also described him as living in Atlanta, Georgia, 800 miles from the family home in Brooklyn, New York, where the couple moved in 2020, with Lily enrolling her children in local schools.
It comes after Lily was left in 'agony' earlier this year when she allegedly discovered the actor had a secret profile on the celebrity dating app Raya, The Mail on Sunday revealed
He bought a house in Atlanta last year to be closer to the Stranger Things set, as the show was filming its fifth and final series.
Lily's circle of London friends said she had suspected for some time that her husband was interested in other women.
By the time the couple broke up, she had become convinced that he had a secret girlfriend.
A source previously said: 'Lily is of the belief that he has been open to meeting new people for some time now, though she only found out at the end of the summer. He has been living in Atlanta for a year for filming.'
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