ANOTHER year, another X Factor romance...

But when I heard that one half of the unlikely pairing was 31-year-old Xtra Factor host Caroline Flack and the other is barely-out-of-nappies One Direction stud Harry Styles, 17, my jaw hit the floor.

My spies witnessed the pair in a clinch last Sunday at London’s exclusive W Hotel, where the cast and crew of the show were enjoying late night drinks and letting off some steam after a busy day at the office.

Harry clearly thought he had nothing to lose when he made his move on the presenter.

My spy reveals: “You could tell Harry was loving every moment. He was poised ready for quite some time as they were talking, and in the end Caroline didn’t say no.

“They had a big passionate snog and it caused mild hysterics with the group of people they were with. They looked really into each other and left in a cab together, eventually going their separate ways – much to the amusement of the group.”

After their embrace Harry tweeted: “Sometimes things happen and you suddenly get a whole new outlook on life.” Ah, young love. Literally.

Even more hilariously, since they touched ­tonsils at the party, both Caroline and Harry have been tweeting about having sore throats and colds. Clearly they passed each other the lurgy!

Harry tweeted yesterday (shown, right): “Woke up with man flu and a sore throat today.”

Hours before, Caroline had tweeted: “Woke up with the sorest throat and huge glands!!!” Harry has made no secret about the fact he’s fancied former I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here Now host Caroline. In August he told the official X Factor website: “If Caroline Flack is ­reading this, say ‘Hi’ from me. She is gorgeous!”

He even got his mate Tim Dean – a producer on Xtra Factor –­ to send Tweets to Caroline in September to persuade her to date him. One tweet from Tim read: “@carolineflack1 I think you should consider dating @Harry_Styles he’s oh so handsome + charismatic and defo not sat next to me now!”

Obviously there’s something rather creepy about the fact Caroline (pictured below, ­yesterday) is 14 years older than Harry, but there is no need for anyone to call social services –­ I’m told it was just a bit of one-off fun.

A pal reveals: “She had a couple of snogs and things would never have gone any further. She’s laughing about it now.

“Harry’s a lovely guy, very ­charismatic and they get on like a house on fire. You forget how young he is when you’re with him. She’s ­definitely not going to be ­following up the snog. They will stay friends, but that’s about it.”


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