Paddy and Christine McGuinness' relationship history and what they've said about split

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Christine McGuinness has recently decided to fly solo in terms of her career, and has been busy filming a new documentary called Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism.The doc - which aired on Wednesday 15 March - saw the model and autism campaigner reveal how the developmental disability is often ignored and misunderstood in women and girls, leading to thousands being undiagnosed.

Both Paddy McGuinness and his wife Christine joined forces last year and filmed another documentary on the topic for the BBC, titled Our Family And Autism.

The special reflected upon Christine and their three children’s autism diagnosis - twins Leo and Penelope, nine, and Felicity, six.

But as many will know, shortly after it aired, the couple decided to call it a day on their marriage. Here’s everything we know about their relationship up until that point, including how the pair met right through to tying the knot...The Take Me Out presenter first met his future wife back in 2007 when she was modelling at the Liverpool Tennis Tournament.The Real Housewives of Cheshire star has admitted that she was unaware of who Paddy was at the time, and told The Liverpool Echo: “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 star-struck - I’d never seen him on anything,” she recalled. “I knew who Peter Kay was, obviously, and I’d heard of Max & Paddy, but I didn’t realise it was him.