Shocking! Tory peer Zac Goldsmith shares something surprising with pop singer friend Lilita on his phone

Fresh from his on-off ‘close friendship’ with Ellie Goulding, Tory peer Zac Goldsmith has a new pretty pop star in his orbit – a 28-year-old aspiring singer who calls herself Lilita.

Cheshire-born Lauren Hough is thought to take her name from the scandalous 1955 Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita about a middle-aged professor obsessed with an underage girl.

The unlikely friendship between Zac, 49, and Lauren – and their 21-year age gap – was revealed as they enjoyed a coffee in London last week. 

Lauren wore flared leather trousers, an oversized tie-dye puffer coat and platform boots while Zac dressed down in chinos and loafers.

Lauren giggled and then recoiled in shock when Zac showed her something on his phone (pictured)

Lauren giggled and then recoiled in shock when Zac showed her something on his phone (pictured)

Cheshire-born Lauren Hough is thought to take her name from the scandalous 1955 Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita

Cheshire-born Lauren Hough is thought to take her name from the scandalous 1955 Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita

He smoked a roll-up as they sat outside Daylesford Organic cafe in Notting Hill. 

Lauren giggled and then recoiled in shock when Zac showed her something on his phone.

A friend last night insisted they were ‘genuinely nothing more than friends’. And a source added: ‘Zac has no shortage of female friends to spend time with. Lilita is the latest, but he is adamant they are just good friends.’

Twice-divorced Zac follows Lauren’s social media accounts, including a page for her spiritual sound therapy and meditation business, Lilitium, where she ‘channels ancestral and angelic light language’ by using healing crystal sound bowls as instruments.

He also follows her personal Instagram page where she shares snaps in a variety of sultry poses wearing skimpy dresses and bikinis. 

Friends said Lauren met Zac while working as a waitress at Notting Hill’s now defunct members-only club Laylow. 

She now works shifts as a bar girl at the Chiltern Firehouse, an A-list celebrity haunt in Marylebone.

Zac has had a close friendship with singer Ellie Goulding (pictured) which is described as 'on and off'

Zac has had a close friendship with singer Ellie Goulding (pictured) which is described as ‘on and off’

She is trying to break through as an R&B singer. She describes her debut single, Honourable, as a song about ‘struggling to find peace with our partners’ and ‘a battle of wanting to leave someone but there still being so much love’.

A poignant theme, perhaps, for Zac, whose close friendship with singer Ms Goulding has been troublesome for her marriage to art dealer Caspar Jopling.

Last year Ellie promised Caspar she would cut contact with Zac but, despite their best efforts to keep their distance, the pair routinely find themselves reconnecting.

The Mail on Sunday revealed last weekend that they met up in Dubai for Cop28 and also travelled to Costa Rica at the same time for a New Year holiday.

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