The Crown actress Claire Foy cuts a dressed-down figure as she is seen on the casual stroll with her singer-songwriter boyfriend Charlie Cunningham

She was effortlessly regal in her award-winning role as the late Queen in Netflix's The Crown. But it could be argued that Claire Foy's latest appearance is lacking the same polish.

Walking along in the London sunshine last week with her boyfriend, the singer-songwriter Charlie Cunningham, the British actress cut a rather more dressed-down figure – even if she was wearing (almost) Royal blue.

Wearing a crumpled, cornflower linen shirt with what appeared to be striped pyjama bottoms, the pair were seen on the casual stroll with Claire's excitable two-year-old cavapoo.

The couple, both 40, were first spotted together in July last year. It is the actress's first public relationship since her 2018 break-up with The History Boys actor Stephen Campbell Moore, the father of her daughter Ivy Rose.

Walking along in the London sunshine last week with her boyfriend, the singer-songwriter Charlie Cunningham, the Claire Foy cut a rather more dressed-down figure – even if she was wearing (almost) Royal blue

Wearing a crumpled, cornflower linen shirt with what appeared to be striped pyjama bottoms, the pair were seen on the casual stroll with Claire's excitable two-year-old cavapoo

The couple, both 40, were first spotted together in July last year

Claire Foy, with Matt Smith, in the hit Netflix series The Crown

Charlie is Claire's first public relationship, since she announced her separation from husband Stephen Campbell Moore in 2018 (pictured together in 2013)

Claire, who recently appeared alongside Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal and Jamie Bell in romantic fantasy All Of Us Strangers, has also been seen several times walking the dog, which she bought two years ago for Ivy Rose, nine.

But speaking on a podcast, Claire – who had never previously owned a dog – admitted it had taken a while to adapt to the new arrival.

'The first two weeks were hellish,' she said. 'Having a child was hard work but the love is so overwhelming you see why you're doing it. But because I got the dog for my child I started hating everyone and everything, especially the dog. The poo, the wee…'

The actress is currently filming an adaptation of Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree, which features an all-star cast including Andrew Garfield, Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan, Baby Reindeer's Jessica Gunning, Lenny Henry and Michael Palin.

She is also set to appear in British black comedy Savage House with Richard E. Grant.