Reason why this new photo of Harry Styles is breaking the internet

Despite fans relentlessly begging for new music, Harry Styles has largely remained out of the spotlight for the past couple of years.

The 'Watermelon Sugar' hitmaker, 31, has been focusing on his lifestyle brand Pleasing, which recently announced the bombshell news that it was entering the sex toy market.

Back in July, Harry revealed that his brand was straying away from nail polishes and tote bags and instead bringing out some very NSFW products - a double-sided vibrator and a bottle of lube, to be specific.

The announcement understandably broke the internet as fans across the world completely lost their minds at the unexpected news.

And now, the former One Direction singer has done it again with a new photo of himself and a surprise companion that's got social media talking.

Over the weekend, Harry was a guest at the wedding of Charles Porch, the vice president of global partnerships at Instagram, and Robert Denning in Paris.

Harry Styles was spotted on the arm of a real housewife at the weekend and people are losing their minds (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

And although he himself didn't share any pictures from his pal's big day, someone else managed to snap an iconic picture of him with The Real Housewives of New York City star, Carole Radziwill.

A photo of Harry escorting the reality star, 62, up a sweeping staircase has sent the internet into meltdown, making for a very unexpected duo.

In the snap, the star is smiling with his arm linked around the American journalist, author, and television personality, while she pouts at the camera.

Harry was, of course, all dressed up in a black and white suit, complete with a polka dot tie, while Carole looked incredibly glamorous in a lacy ballgown.

It was internet personality Cassandra Grey who shared the photo to Instagram, writing alongside it: “I saw @caroleradziwill struggling to get her rather large @giambattistavalliparis dress up the grand stairwell. Naturally and quickly, I managed to get my iPhone out of my dinner clutch to document what could have been fashion Parisian castle roadkill."

She added: "Then a stranger to Carole and I, a handsome @harrystyles, seemingly out of nowhere graciously lent her his arm like Cinderella’s prince."

The world has been quick to react to the wild crossover, taking to social media to make their thoughts clear on the duo.

The unexpected photo has sent the internet into a spiral (Instagram/@cassandragrey)

One user wrote on Twitter: "Omg I need more information" while a second added: "My brain is not ready to compute this".

A third chimed in with: "What the helly!!" while a fourth wrote: "Losing my mind over Carole Radziwill and Harry Styles."

Someone else joked: "Me at 3:00am thinking about what Harry Styles and Carole Radziwill talked about."

And another shocked fan questioned: "Why tf is harry styles with Carole Radziwill????"

Others added: "Very important photo of Harry Styles and Carole Radziwill together" and "Obsessed".

"What do you mean harry styles graciously lent Carole Radziwill his arm as a stranger… where would this even happen… how…," penned another baffled social media user.

No matter how it came about, we are equally as obsessed with this duo!