CHRISTINE McGuinness and estranged husband Paddy will spend Christmas at home together with their kids.
The former couple announced their split in the summer after 15 years together yet remain friends.
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They share three children – twins Leo and Penelope, eight, and Felicity, five, who all have autism – and the parents are yet to tell them so that they can maintain a sense of normality and routine.
Christine told OK!: “I would never let the children be aware of anything other than us being happy and alright, because they’re so young and innocent.”
Confirming the children were unaware of their parents’ relationship status, she continued: “No, not at all, they’re so young. I’m trying to just stick to their normal routine – take them to school in the morning, pick them up, try to work while they’re at school and take them to afterschool clubs and just try to stick to normal life as much as possible.”
Proud mum Christine won’t be forcing her kids to break from their daily routines on December 25 either, admitting she’ll be serving up chicken nuggets rather than a full roast.
And opening up on the new dynamic with Paddy at home, she said: “We’re on good terms. We’re trying to both be there for the children and we want to co-parent as well as we can. We want to make sure we’re both around the children whenever we can be.”
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The pair each posted identical separation statements on Instagram in the summer where they opened up about the “difficult decision”.
They wrote: “We hadn’t planned on sharing this publicly until we were ready but after the lack of privacy surrounding our personal life, we feel left with no other option but to clarify.
“A while ago we took the difficult decision to separate but our main focus as always is to continue loving and supporting our children.
“This was not an easy decision to make but we are moving forward as the best parents we can be for our three beautiful children.
“We’ll always be a loving family, we still have a great relationship and still live happily in our family home together.”
They added: “We hope this now draws a line under anymore unwanted intrusion into our private life.
“Although we work in the public eye we ask kindly if you could respect our wishes for privacy on this matter.”
Paddy and Christine concluded: “We’ll be making no further comments” before adding their names with a kiss.
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