Friday 1 July 2022 11:21 PM Rachel Stevens announces split from her childhood sweetheart husband of 12 ... trends now
Rachel Stevens and her husband Alex Bourne have split, the singer announced on Friday.
Former S Club 7 star Rachel, 44, took to her Instagram Stories to let her fans know of the sad news.
She wrote: 'I just wanted to share with you all that after time and consideration the difficult decision has been made for Alex and I to separate.
End of the road: Rachel Stevens, 44, and her husband Alex Bourne have split, the singer announced on Friday
'While we are no longer partners in marriage, we will remain partners in parenthood to our beautiful girls and continue with love and respect for each other.
'I feel so incredibly grateful for the life we built together and will now continue to be focused on moving forward united as a family.'
The couple were due to celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary next month.
Milestone: The couple were due to celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary next month (pictured in 2011)
Change: Former S Club 7 star Rachel took to her Instagram Stories to let her fans know of the sad news
Rachel and Alex, who were childhood sweethearts, married at Claridge's in London in 2009.
The pair walked down the aisle to S Club 7's hit Never Had A Dream Come True and her bandmates - Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole and Tina Barrett - were there to watch them say 'I do'.
Rachel and Alex share two children, Amelie, 11, and Minnie, eight.
Rachel recently spoke out about re-meeting her childhood sweetheart, Alex.
The former pop star discussed her defining life moments as she recalled 'randomly' bumping into her former boyfriend repeatedly.
Love story: Rachel opened up about re-meeting her childhood sweetheart who she later married on Roxie Nafousi's The Moments That Made Me podcast recently
Rachel detailed how it was 'like they were being pulled back to each other' on Roxie Nafousi's The Moments That Made Me podcast.
She said: 'We were childhood sweethearts. We went out with each other when we were 12, we met at youth club and I was besotted with him!
'We went out for probably about four weeks and when you're that age that was a really long time!'
The blonde beauty explained how the pair used to be in the
