Christine McGuinness and Paddy McGuinness have confirmed they are separating after 11 years of marriage. The couple – who share twins Penelope and Leo, nine, and Felicity, six – are still living together in their family home, but made the decision to split after enduring a ‘very difficult time’ recently.
In a joint statement, they announced: ‘We hadn’t planned on sharing this publicly until we were ready but after the lack of privacy surrounding our personal life, we feel left with no other option but to clarify. ‘A while ago we took the difficult decision to separate but our main focus as always is to continue loving and supporting our children.
This was not an easy decision to make but we’re moving forward as the best parents we can be for our three beautiful children’They added: ‘We’ll always be a loving family, we still have a great relationship and still live happily in our family home together.
We hope this now draws a line under any more unwanted and unnecessary intrusion into our private life. ‘Although we work in the public eye we ask kindly if you could respect our wishes for privacy on this matter.
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