Binky Felstead

INTRODUCING THE NEW MAN IN HER LIFE BINKY FELSTEAD HOW A CHANCE ENCOUNTER LED TO LOVE AND THEIR PLANS TO SET UP A FAMILY HOME

- Alexandra Wilby

Laughing happily as she throws her arms around her new boyfriend, Binky Felstead is the picture of happiness. And no wonder: today, the former Made in Chelsea star is revealing that she has found love again.

“I hoped I’d meet somebody,” the mum of two-year-old India tells HELLO!, proudly introducing us to London-born businessman Max Fredrik Darnton in their first exclusive shoot and interview together. “I just didn’t know it would be so soon and I didn’t know that this would be how I feel.”

Clearly besotted, the couple tells HELLO! their romance is moving at such a pace that they’re already talking about buying a house together.

“Things are going so nicely so we’ll be looking – together! – for a big house in London with a garden for India and for Max to get a dog,” says Binky, 29, who intends to rent out the flat in Fulham she and India currently call home. And the couple is already thinking about how they’d like to decorate their first home together.

“I like the French rustic thing – scratched paint, old-school, beautiful,” Binky says.

“The houses I’ve grown up in have been very Scandi-style,” adds Max, 30, whose mother is Swedish. “But Binky and I have very similar tastes so we should be okay.”

Binky and Max’s relationship is now so solid that, seven months after a chance meeting, the star is excited to introduce her handsome man to the world. He is her first serious love since she split from India’s father a year ago.