Lady Gaga booed at London launch

Lady Gaga angered fans outside Harrods after she arrived an hour late for a promised appearance and dashed inside before many had caught a glimpse of her.

Hundreds of screaming fans filled the streets around the top London department store ahead of the UK launch of the singer's new perfume, Lady Gaga Fame.

The screams turned to boos after the star refused to walk the full length of a specially themed black carpet, and then went inside before some had seen her.

Lauren Weymouth, 19, had waited for five hours to see the US star.

'I'm disappointed,' the Australian holidaymaker said. 'I thought she'd stand there for a while, but we didn't see anything.'

Alex George, 18, from Islington, north London, waited almost three hours to see Lady Gaga and described the event as 'a bit of a let down'.

She added: 'I'm obviously annoyed. She was late and I thought she would sign autographs and I'd be able to get a picture.'

Luke Reader, 18, from central London, said: 'It's quite ironic it's called Fame because it just shows how much fame has changed her.

'She couldn't even spend five minutes talking and having some pictures taken. It's not on.'

Marcello Marino, 43, brought his five-year-old daughter Marcella to the store but was left frustrated.

'We thought she would come up to the fans. We've been here all day long but she didn't do anything,' said Mr Marino, from Ramsgate, Kent.

Lady Gaga's fans - known as Little Monsters - held black and gold balloons and sang a number of her hits including Bad Romance and Poker Face as they waited for her arrival.

She was due at the event in Knightsbridge, central London, at 7.45pm on Sunday evening but it was 8.45pm before she finally turned up - in a horse and carriage.

She then walked part of the way down the black carpet before entering the store where she held a tea party for 75 competition winners.

The Born This Way star earlier wrote on Twitter: 'So excited, going to be at @Harrods in an hour! Just drove though London, so beautiful seeing all the Sunday strollers in love...'

She has previously described the reaction to her floral perfume as 'overwhelming' and claimed six million bottles were sold in its first week.

It is the first black fragrance that becomes clear once it has been sprayed. It contains the poisonous flower Belladonna, sweet honey drops, saffron and apricot.