Darts sensation Luke Littler has gone public with his friendship with 19-year-old beautician Faith Millar.
The 18-year-old PDC World Champion shared his first public picture with Millar on Instagram.
In the snap, Littler is seen with his arm around Millar as the pair smiled for the camera.
The photo, which had no caption, was originally posted by a friend before Littler reposted it to his own account.
Darts sensation Luke Littler has gone public with his friendship with 19-year-old beautician Faith Millar
The blossoming friendship comes nine months after the darts star split from his previous girlfriend, 22-year-old Eloise Milburn.
Millar, who works as an eyelash beauty specialist, hails from Wigan, just 15 miles from Littler's home in Warrington, Cheshire.
The pair reportedly met in February and have become "almost inseparable" since, according to the Daily Mail.
A source told the newspaper: "Faith and Luke have become firm friends and enjoy one another's company a lot."
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Luke Littler split from Eloise Milburn last year
GETTYBoth Littler and Millar had previously been keen to play down their friendship, insisting they are not dating or in a relationship.
Millar has already accompanied the teenage darts prodigy to several public events.
This includes a Q&A session organised by his darts sponsors BoohooMan in Manchester in March, while she's believed to have already met Littler's parents.
"Faith and Luke met a few weeks ago. They just clicked and since then have spent quite a bit of time with each other," a source said.
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"They live quite close to each other so it's been easy to meet up."
Littler's friendship with Millar comes after his split from previous girlfriend Eloise Milburn last June.
The break-up reportedly occurred because Littler's increasingly busy darts schedule left the couple with hardly any time together.
At 19, Millar is closer to Littler's age than Milburn, who was in her twenties when dating the then 17-year-old darts star.
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Milburn faced online hostility due to the age gap, which reportedly upset both her and Littler.
Since that relationship, Littler has been much more guarded about making his love life public.
Despite their close friendship, Littler and Millar are not romantically involved.
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Reuters"There's no big story there - she's a very ordinary, very sweet, normal girl," an insider said.
However, Millar has reportedly been "pestered quite a bit" by Littler's fans who are keen to know who she is.
The beautician has tried to stay in the background during public appearances with the world No 2 darts player.
