Former S Club 7 star Rachel, 44, took to her Instagram Stories to inform her fans of the sad news. She wrote: “I just wanted to share with you that after some time and thought the difficult decision has been made for Alex and I to separate. End of the road: Rachel Stevens, 44, and husband Alex Bourne have split, the singer announced on Friday “While we are no longer partners in marriage, we will remain co-parents to our beautiful girls and continue to love and respect each other. “I feel so incredibly grateful for the life we ​​have built together and now we will continue to focus on moving forward together 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 update her fans on 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 hit Never Had A Dream Come True and their bandmates – Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O’Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole and Tina Barrett – were there to watch to say “I do ‘. Rachel and Alex have two children, Amelie, 11, and Minnie, eight.
Rachel recently opened up about reuniting with her childhood sweetheart, Alex. The former pop star discussed the defining moments of her life as she recalled “accidentally” falling out with her ex-boyfriend repeatedly. Love story: Rachel Stevens opened up about reacquainting herself with her childhood sweetheart who she later married on Roxie Nafousi’s podcast The Moments That Made Me on Wednesday Rachel explained how it was “like they were being pulled back to each other” on Roxie Nafousi’s podcast The Moments That Made Me. He said: “We were childhood sweethearts. We dated each other when we were 12, we met at the youth club and I had a crush on him! “We went out for probably about four weeks and when you’re that age, that was a long time!” The blonde beauty explained how the pair were in the same social groups growing up together in North London. Loved up: The former S Club 7 star has moved on from partner Alex Bourne, 44, who she married in 2009 (pictured in 2017) Detailing their love story, she continued: “Then we dated again when we were 16 and then again when we were 18 and then we broke up, you know, obviously I went off and did what I liked. thing. “Years and years later, I was in Selfridges by accident and he walked in and we ran into each other. “We were both in our 20s and surprisingly he said as he walked in, I know I’ll see you, he knew he’d see me…” Unfortunately, the timing wasn’t good for the couple as Rachel had just gotten out of a long-term relationship and Alex had a girlfriend at the time.
Happy ending: The 43-year-old discussed the defining moments of her life as she recalls ‘accidentally’ falling out with her ex-boyfriend Sweethearts: Rachel said: “We dated each other when we were 12, we met at a youth club and I had a crush on him! We dated for about four weeks” She explained: “It was just great to see him as an old friend and from that moment on we just kept bumping into each other randomly. “His relationship with his girlfriend ended and then I went to L.A. and he was an actor at the time, so he went out to L.A. as well. “Then we rekindled our relationship again! “Well it was a completely random meeting and then randomly bumping into each other it was like we were being pulled back to each other.” Growing up: The blonde beauty (pictured aged 20 performing at S Club 7) explained how the pair used to be in the same social groups growing up together in North London Fame game: Rachel found success with pop group S Club 7 (clockwise LR Rachel, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Tina Barrett, Bradley McIntosh, Hanah Spearritt, Jo O’Meara) Throwback: Rachel explained how it was ‘like they were being pulled back to each other’ on Roxie Nafousi’s podcast The Moments That Made Me Family: Rachel and Alex later welcomed two daughters Amelie, 11, and Minnie, eight (both pictured) Rachel admitted that after their romance rekindled, she knew Alex was ‘the one’ but said they took their relationship slowly, adding ‘the rest is history’. Rachel and Alex later welcomed two daughters Amelie, 11, and Minnie, eight. Former Dancing On Ice contestant Rachel previously dated former Hollyoaks actor Jeremy Edwards. He proposed to Rachel on Valentine’s Day 2002, with the pair going on their first date 18 months earlier. The couple never married and divorced in 2004. History: Rachel previously dated former Hollyoaks actor Jeremy Edwards and proposed to her on Valentine’s Day in 2002, before they later split without marrying in 2004 (pictured in 2003)