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Lauren Goodger 'breaks lockdown rules' to attend party but then 'pretends she wasn't there'

Lauren Goodger was pictured at her friend's son's birthday party but then pretended she wasn't there, it's claimed

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Lauren Goodger broke lockdown rules to attend a child's birthday party - but then pretended she wasn't there, it's claimed.

The former TOWIE star, 33, was pictured attending the bash thrown to celebrate her friend Georgia's son Danny's third birthday on Tuesday.

But she later posted on her Instagram stories about how sad she was to miss out on Danny's special day.

It is the second time in just 10 days that Lauren has breached the lockdown rules after she hosted a party at her Essex flat earlier this month, apparently not knowing that this was against the guidelines.

In a picture obtained by MailOnline, Lauren is seen filming a video of little Danny as he was presented with his birthday cake, which was green and had huge sparklers on top.

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Lauren Goodger has broken lockdown rules to attend a child's birthday party(Image: laurengoodger/Instagram)
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She had a huge grin on her face as she joined in the celebrations.

In the photo she is stood less than two metres apart from Danny and even closer to the other party guests.

Then shortly after she posted a picture of the same birthday cake.

"Wish I was there," she captioned the post alongside sad face and crying emojis.

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Lauren recently threw a party at her flat

A source told the site: "Lauren hasn't abided by the lockdown rules at all, which feels unfair to those that have been and are going without celebrating birthdays."

The lockdown rules say people have to keep at least two metres apart from those they don't live with.

You're now able to meet up with other people, but you're still not allowed to visit people's houses.

Lauren's rep declined to comment when contacted by Mirror Online.

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It comes after her party at her Essex flat, which she held because she "wasn't aware she couldn't have friends over", her rep said at the time.

Lauren and her friends didn't keep their distance as they enjoyed drinks together.

But it was claimed she mistakenly thought this was OK because she'd seen other people have parties on Instagram.