The event where Paddy and Christine McGuinness first met is about to return.
The 2023 instalment of the Liverpool International Tennis Tournament will take place from June 22 - 24. The event at the Liverpool Cricket Club is famously the sight where Paddy and Christine first crossed paths in 2007.
The former Miss Liverpool appeared at the event as a model for Cricket and has previously spoke to the ECHO about how their romance first sparked. However, Christine hysterically revealed how she didn't know who the Bolton comedian was at the time.
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She said: “He was supposed to be watching the tennis, but I think he was really more interested in the fashion show. We had a mutual friend there who introduced us but I can’t say I was starstruck – I’d never seen him on anything.
“I knew who Peter Kay was, obviously, and I’d heard of Max & Paddy, but I didn’t realise it was him. He made me laugh, though, he is quite a charmer and we just clicked.
“Neither of us was looking for anything serious at the time, so we just met up every now and again. It all started off quite casually but then he asked me to stay over at his house one night, and it went from one night to a weekend, then to a week and I just ended up not moving out.”
Two years after they started dating, Paddy popped the question on Christmas Day in 2009. She described his proposal as very romantic, and said: “We always open our pressies at midnight because Patrick can’t wait. He says it’s because we’re so busy on Christmas morning, but it’s really because he’s just a big kid.
“So we were sitting in our pyjamas by the fire and I’d noticed during the day that he didn’t seem quite himself. I remember saying to him a couple of times ‘what’s wrong?’ but obviously I know now." The couple then married on June 4, 2011, in a lavish ceremony at Thornton Manor in the Wirral.
After two years of happy marriage, the couple announced they were expecting twins and in 2013 the couple welcomed Leo and Penelope into the world. Then in September 2016, the couple had their third child, a daughter called Felicity Rose.
In July 2017 Christine and Paddy revealed that Leo and Penelope have autism and in 2020 the couple announced that Felicity also has the condition. Paddy and Christine are very vocal about how the condition has shaped their family and want to raise awareness.
Christine revealed she was also diagnosed with the condition in an exclusive extract from her book, Christine McGuinness: A Beautiful Nightmare. The two announced they had separated last year but have still remained on positive terms for the sake of their children.
Christine has previously told Lorraine Kelly: "We want to keep things the same as much as possible for the children, I don't want anything to affect them. We are family and we'll always be family no matter what and we're living in a nice, happy home."
Paddy and Christine took the children on a family holiday last month and fans were in hysterics as he revealed rainy conditions plagued their sunny getaway. However, glorious conditions eventually did arrive and Paddy took to Instagram to share his pride at how the children handled travelling abroad.
He said: "Back home from a wonderful 5 days away with the kids. We’re so proud of how well they did at the airport, this was the first time they’d been on a plane since 2019. They absolutely loved their holiday!"
Christine added: "Lovely family holiday. Loads of you have asked how the kiddies got on (it’s their first trip abroad in 4 years, they don’t really enjoy travel or change) but with lots of prep and patience they done incredibly well and have absolutely loved it!"
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