A NEW ROYAL ROMANCE? LADY LOUISE

'CLEARLY VERY CLOSE TO UNIVERSITY FRIEND FELIX AS SHE BRINGS HIM TO SANDRINGHAM

- TRACY SCHAVERIEN

Beaming as she canters through the Sandringham Estate in a horse-drawn carriage, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor looks thrilled to have a handsome companion at her side.

The King’s niece was pictured in public with Felix da Silva Clamp for the first time as she took part in the Sandringham Horse Driving Trials on the King’s estate in Norfolk. The pair certainly appeared to be a winning team as Felix, a fellow student at St Andrews University in Scotland, hopped aboard Louise’s carriage, smiling broadly.

He had been driven to the event by Louise’s mother, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and looked relaxed as he chatted to Sophie in the grounds later. “Felix and the Duchess looked very at ease with each other,” an onlooker commented. “They turned up in the car just ten minutes before Louise’s first event and watched her eagerly.”