Katie Price's heartbreaking reason for becoming a mum to her 'twin' dolls

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Katie Price ’s loyal army of fans could be forgiven for being more than a little confused after she shared a snap of two tiny tots and declaring her twins had "finally arrived ", the 46-year-old former glamour model has insisted that “yes, I do have twins” - and even discussed their names.

But after it was reported that the babies were reborn dolls - which can cost four figures or more - a source tells OK! about the heartache that lies behind Katie’s decision to become a ‘mum’ to these dolls. “She’s been through a lot of trauma in her life and she’s been at her happiest when she’s had her babies,” they said. “It’s her happy place and safe place, but the beauty of them not being real is she can just get on with her life as normal and they don’t keep her up all night." Katie has revealed in the past that she suffered a miscarriage during her marriage to Peter Andre, and again when she was in a relationship with Carl Woods.

In her latest autobiography she addressed the latter, writing: “But having failed IVF and then having IVF only to miscarry is very horrific.” Earlier, in 2019, she told the Loose Women that she’d had “more than” three miscarriages in her life, and because she was self-employed she “just had to get on with it, you just have to grieve on your own.” Our source says these losses still weigh heavy on her. “In the absence of real babies, and to cope with the losses she's had in the past, pouring all her efforts and money and time into these two dolls," they claimed. "She's recreating the feelings of euphoria you have after having a baby.