Rachel Stevens has branded boyfriend Brendyn Hatfield her ‘soulmate’ in a rare Instagram post on Sunday featuring pictures of the pair.
The S Club star, 45, looked loved up with the Dancing On Ice skater, 40, as the couple grinned for a photo with Rachel wearing a black pearl necklace to match Brendyn’s black polo shirt.
Rachel added a caption reading: ‘Celebrating my ❤️ @brendynhatfield today. My love, my soul mate. Happiest of birthdays my darling and welcome to the 40s club.
‘Hope this is your best decade yet full of everything you wish for. I love you with all my heart ❤️.’
In another snap the pair posed at the Rom Com Entertainment Christmas Party with Rachel sporting a black frilly top and a black handbag with white polka dots, while Brendyn looks dashing in an admiral blue suit and grey t-shirt.
Other pictures show the pair arm-in-arm in a swimming pool, at a party and at a festival, while one focusses in on Brendyn’s silver ‘Carpe Diem’ ring.
Rachel Stevens branded boyfriend Brendyn Hatfield her ‘soulmate’ and ‘love’ in a rare Instagram post on Sunday
The couple went official in November after first being paired together on Dancing On Ice and striking up a friendship in early 2022
The couple went official in November after first being paired together on Dancing On Ice and striking up a friendship in early 2022, ahead of her divorce with Alex Bourne which was announced later the same year.
Alex and Rachel split after almost 13 years of marriage and the singer took to Instagram to confirm it: ‘I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your lovely messages of love and support. It means so much.’
The singer let her fans know of the sad news via social media at the time.
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.
‘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.’
Other pictures include the pair arm-in-arm in a swimming pool and the post features the caption, ‘Celebrating my ❤️ @brendynhatfield today. My love, my soul mate’
Rachel addressed her split with Alex in an interview with The Sun.
She said: ‘[The split] was messy. I knew that we were growing, that I was growing apart, but I was in turmoil, because first of all my kids.’
Rachel went on to recall how she felt telling Alex about Brendyn admitting: ‘It was really scary, because I knew as soon as I said that, that was it.’
She then gushed about her new partner: ‘He’s a beautiful human, I really love him.’
Rachel and Brendyn were unfortunately among the first couples to be eliminated from the skating series, leaving the competition in Week 4, however they didn’t allow that to sour their relationship.
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