Walk on the wild side! Lady Lola Bute dons a leopard-print bikini and biker boots as she and her boyfriend share a snack (and a cuddle) at Glastonbury
The 25-year-old model and socialite looked smitten with Parker Van Noord
By Jessica Taylor For Mailonline
Published: 14:56 BST, 29 June 2024 | Updated: 15:06 BST, 29 June 2024
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Lady Lola Bute put her best fashion foot forward as she donned a leopard print bikini and denim cut-offs while picking up a snack at Glastonbury this afternoon. The model, who celebrated her 25th birthday this week at Vogue World in Paris with her Dutch boyfriend Parker Van Noord, made a quick turnaround to get to Worthy Farm in Somerset where she was pictured sharing some food (and a cuddle) with her beau. Lady Lola, who is an expert in glamour, managed to perfect grunge chic in the bikini, paired with shorts and biker boots as she attended the festival. She and Parker shared sweet moments as they wrapped their arms around each other, beaming while doing so. Earlier this week, the couple posed up a storm in the French capital city as they attended the Vogue event.
Lady Lola Bute with her boyfriend, Parker Van Noord
Among the dozens of guests were the actress Sienna Miller, stunning New Zealand model Jessica Clarke, Princess Olympia of Greece, the make-up mogul Charlotte Tilbury with her West End producer husband George Waud and the ubiquitous socialite Poppy Delevingne. There was techno music and flashing lights, dining tables groaning with lobsters, oysters and local beef, a marching band of pipers and fireworks lighting up the skies above the Firth of Clyde. Some images showed Lady Lola dancing freely, dressed in a silver mini-dress by designer Annie Doble.
Lady Lola’s late father, John Crichton-Stuart, the 7th Marquess of Bute – was better known as the racing driver Johnny Dumfries. At 15 he dropped out of Ampleforth, the Roman Catholic public school, and worked as a labourer on building sites in London before becoming a painter and decorator. Later he landed a job as a mechanic, opening a way to pursue his dream of motor racing. The former champion driver and friend Damon Hill observed of him: ‘He spent his entire life trying to live down the fact he was descended from Robert the Bruce. ‘I always got the sense he hated the very idea of people thinking he only got anywhere because of his background.’ At 19, he began racing under the name Johnny Dumfries, a name taken from his courtesy title the Earl of Dumfries. He progressed to F1 in 1986, partnering the late Ayrton Senna at the Lotus team. It turned out to be his one and only F1 season, and he picked up just three points. Instead he went on to endurance car racing and in 1988 had his greatest success as winner of the Le Mans 24-hour race before quitting in 1991 due to the illness of his father. Two years later he succeeded to the marquessate and took over the 300-acre Mount Stewart estate but he struggled psychologically with his new responsibilities, refusing to use the title for several years. In 2012 he was named as the richest sportsman in Scotland thanks in part to his having sold off the other family home, Dumfries House, in Ayrshire, and its collection of Chippendale furniture to the then Prince Charles for £45 million.
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