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Rebekah Vardy stormed out of the courtroom after Coleen Rooney's lawyer opened his closing argument.

Coleen and Wayne Rooney are absent from court today as the 'Wagatha Christie' libel trial enters its final day. The trial comes after Mrs Rooney accused fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy of allegedly leaking false stories about her to the tabloids back in 2019. Mrs Rooney said she used an Instagram 'sting' to discover Mrs Vardy had been sharing stories with the Sun newspaper - an accusation Mrs Vardy vehemently denies.

Rebekah Vardy has swiftly left the Royal Courts of Justice for the third time in the seven-day Wagatha Christie trial. Rebekah's Instagram account was accused by Coleen Rooney of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019 in a now-infamous Instagram post dubbed Wagatha Christie. Rebekah, 40, denies the allegations and is suing 36 year old Coleen for libel.

Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy's lawyers have shared their closing statements at Royal Courts of Justice on Thursday 19 May. Rebekah's Instagram account was accused by Coleen of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019 in a now-infamous Instagram post dubbed Wagatha Christie.

High Court in London, but today it will draw to a close as lawyers for each of the women set out each of their cases.What a ride it’s been.Vardy – who is married to Leicester footballer Jamie Vardy – is suing Rooney for libel after Rooney accused her of leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life in October 2019 following a months-long ‘sting operation’ which saw Rooney dubbed ‘Wagatha Christie’.Vardy denies the allegations and has sued the fellow footballer’s wife over the ‘untrue and unjustified defamatory attack’.For those tuning in just as the two wags reach the finish line, or should you want a little refresher before final comments are made, here are the key moments from each day so far.– The much-anticipated trial of the Wagatha Christie libel claim begins. Mrs Vardy arrives at the High Court in London with a security guard, while Rooney attends with husband Wayne Rooney – who soon becomes known for his manbag.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video– The legal teams representing each of the women set out their cases for Mrs Justice Steyn, the judge hearing the case.

Rebekah Vardy arrived to the High Court alone for the final day of the Wagatha Christie trial on Thursday, while Coleen Rooney jetted off on holiday with her husband Wayne and their children.The libel case was due to finish on Wednesday but went into extra time to allow barristers to prepare their final arguments at the Royal Courts of Justice. Expecting that the trial would have been over by now, it has been revealed that the Rooneys have gone ahead with their holiday commitments with their brood. "It's been a long and gruelling process for both Wayne and Coleen, and they didn't want to disappoint their children," a source told MailOnline.

Rebekah Vardy and husband Jamie are denying reports they will leave the UK for the United States.

Rebekah Vardy and her Leicester City striker husband Jamie are planning to relocate to the United States, reports suggest. She had come under-fire over the Wagatha Christie libel trial against Coleen Rooney but it is thought that the Vardys were making plans to move before the case came to court.

Rebekah Vardy to her agent were released as part of the Wagatha Christie trial.The WAG was accused of leaking information from Coleen Rooney’s private Instagram account to the press in October 2019, which she denies.Now Vardy, 40, is suing Coleen for libel at London’s High Court.As the trial comes to an end, we look back at nine key exchanges between Rebekah Vardy and her agent Caroline Watt.Giving evidence, Rebekah was asked about the so-called ‘Photoshop girl’ conversation with Caroline where they discuss edited photos.An image appears to have been sent to Caroline by Rebekah, but the trial heard that, due to issues with uploading Whatsapp data, all the image files have been lost.Rebekah says to Watt that the pictures “made her fume” as the editing software Photoshop can make you look “five sizes smaller”.Giving evidence, Rebekah said that, when she told Caroline to “leak a story”, she was talking about a report on “body positivity”.‘Lads are fuming’The court saw messages between Rebekah and Caroline in which they discuss Jamie Vardy’s former Leicester City team mate Riyad Mahrez “not turning up to training”.Vardy tells Watt: “Lads are fuming”.An article in The Sun was later published stating Mahrez’s teammates had “turned on him” which David Sherborne, for Coleen, said no other media outlet had.Vardy said this had nothing to do with her.She told the court the story was based on information already in the public domain. A photograph of a number of WAGs at a restaurant in Russia during the 2018 World Cup was discussed at the trial.

The WAG was accused of leaking information from Coleen Rooney’s private Instagram account to the press in October 2019, which she denies. Now Vardy, 40, is suing Coleen for libel at London’s High Court.

Private Whatsapp messages sent from Rebekah Vardy to her agent were released as part of the Wagatha Christie trial.The WAG was accused of leaking information from Coleen Rooney’s private Instagram account to the press in October 2019, which she denies. Now Vardy, 40, is suing Coleen for libel at London’s High Court. As the trial comes to an end, we look back at nine key exchanges between Rebekah Vardy and her agent Caroline Watt.

Private Whatsapp messages sent from Rebekah Vardy to her agent were released as part of the Wagatha Christie trial. The WAG was accused of leaking information from Coleen Rooney’s private Instagram account to the press in October 2019, which she denies.

Danielle Lloyd has been spotted putting on a brave face with her daughter after Rebekah Vardy admitted to calling her a "nasty b****" in the Wagatha Christie trial.The 38 year old, who is mum to Archie, Harry and George with ex Jamie O'Hara, welcomed her first daughter Autumn Rose with husband Michael O'Neill, who she also has son Ronnie with, in November 2021. Now, the former Miss England star has been photographed looking happier than ever as she posed with her little girl at The Baby Show in Birmingham.The mum-of-four donned a leopard print dress with a plunging neckline for the event, which she paired with a blazer that featured gold buttons.

Rebekah Vardy. The actor, 62, took to Twitter to simply declare: ‘I’d like to play Rebekah Vardy in the TV Special. ’And he has our full support in that endeavour.

Rebekah Vardy has said that she sent "personal messages" to Peter Andre and his wife Emily after the details of her 2004 kiss-and-tell interview resurfaced during her on-going Wagatha Christie libel trial with Coleen Rooney.

Rebekah Vardy said she sent “personal messages” to Peter Andre and his wife following a kiss-and-tell interview she did in 2004. It came after the interview, in which she described Andre’s “chipolata”, resurfaced in her libel trial with Coleen Rooney. Vardy was accused by the fellow WAG of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019.

Rebekah Vardy has admitted she sent “personal messages” to Peter Andre and his wife after the explosive "chipolata" claims made about him in kiss-and-tell interview she now "deeply regrets."The interview, in which she described Andre’s penis as a “chipolata”, resurfaced in her libel trial with Coleen Rooney.Vardy was accused by the fellow WAG of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019.Rooney uploaded several fake stories to her private Instagram account in a bid to find out who was “betraying” her before revealing it on Twitter in her now-infamous Wagatha Christie post.Vardy, 40, denies the allegations and is suing Rooney, the wife of England star Wayne, for libel.Earlier this week, David Sherborne, for Rooney, handed Vardy a print-out of the article which bore the headline: “Peter’s hung like a small chipolata, shaved, slobbery, lasts five minutes”.Giving evidence this morning, Vardy claimed some of the quotes in the article were not her own words, and she “deeply regrets” it.Mrs Vardy told the court: “There’s a lot of things in there that didn’t come out of my mouth and misrepresented and circumstances around that article I’m deeply sorry for.“I was very young.

historic article about Peter Andre, and said she sent the singer a ‘personal message’ over the piece as she entered the witness box on day four of her legal battle with Coleen Rooney.Vardy – who is suing Rooney for libel – is due to finish her evidence today, with Rooney then taking her place in the witness box in Court 13 of the Royal Courts of Justice.Earlier this week Vardy was questioned about an interview she gave to the News Of The World in 2004 over an encounter with Andre, with Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne showing what appeared to be an A3 print-out of the article before reading the headline: ‘Peter’s hung like a small chipolata, shaved, slobbery, lasts five minutes.’ Speaking again about the article on Friday, Vardy – who has been giving evidence for around 10 hours, and, at times becoming emotional in the witness box – said she did not say many things presented in the article published.She told the court: ‘There’s a lot of things in there that didn’t come out of my mouth that were misrepresented in the circumstances around that article I’m deeply sorry for.’Vardy also said she was ‘very young’ at the time, had apologised for the article, and that it was ‘shameful’, adding that she had sent ‘personal messages’ to Andre and his partner since it was published.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoThe WAG, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, had previously shared her regret over the article and noted: ‘It is not nice to read and I understand why this is being used and to me…’In response, yesterday Andre shared a video response to the dredging up of the article, saying he’d been the butt of jokes for 15 years now.

READ MORE: M&S moving into Debenhams building after almost 100 years on Church Street At one point, Rooney’s lawyer David Sherborne was told to stop making “unnecessary remarks” about Vardy’s evidence. Here are six things we took from today's hearing. Vardy says she was ‘not thinking straight’ when she 'compared Rooney to a pigeon' Excerpts from Vardy’s interview for the Daily Mail with Alison Boshoff, the day after Rooney’s ‘It’s ….

Rebekah Vardy has finished being questioned by Coleen Rooney’s lawyer on the third day of the Wagatha Christie High Court battle.Vardy was accused by Rooney of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019.Rooney uploaded several fake stories to her private Instagram account in a bid to find out who was “betraying” her before revealing it on Twitter. Vardy, 40, denies the allegations and is suing Rooney for libel.Vardy became visibly more upset as the questioning came to a close.At one point, Rooney’s lawyer David Sherborne was told to stop making “unnecessary remarks” about Vardy’s evidence.Here are seven things we took from today’s hearing:Excerpts from Vardy’s interview for the Daily Mail with Alison Boshoff, the day after Rooney’s "It’s….

Rebekah Vardy has finished being questioned by Coleen Rooney’s lawyer on the third day of the Wagatha Christie High Court battle. Vardy was accused by Rooney of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019. Rooney uploaded several fake stories to her private Instagram account in a bid to find out who was “betraying” her before revealing it on Twitter in her now-infamous Wagatha Christie post.