Christine McGuinness to spend Christmas with ex Paddy

Christine McGuinness is spending Christmas with ex Paddy McGuinness for the sake of their three young children.

The former couple are parents to twins Penelope and Leo, 11, and Felicity, eight, and she's revealed they plan to spend the festive holiday together even though they are separated because they don't want to risk upsetting the kids.

Christine, 36, told Woman's Own magazine: "The last thing we want to do is upset our children over Christmas, so we'll make sure we're all together.

"lt will be a quiet one. We always try to keep it quiet, because the children can get quite overwhelmed with the changes.

"So we try to keep it like a normal day but with presents."

The pair parted ways two years ago, but they still live together even though they have both started dating other people.

Earlier this year, Paddy told The Mirror newspaper: "I tried a couple of dates last year – After twelve months of adjusting to life on my own I felt I should give it a try rather than really wanting to. For now I’m happy being single.

"For now, we’re happy with how things are, living together and helping each other balance work and kids."

He added of his relationship with Christine: "We get on well, we live together and co-parent. We get the lawyers back and forth but that’s separate - that’s a different thing."

Christine also recently revealed she's back on the dating scene again, telling The Sun newspaper: "I'm just dating, I don't want to do anything too serious, I'm just figuring out what works for me.

"I was single for a long time and I stayed on my own and I loved it and I loved having that time to myself.

"But I'm a woman, I want some company, I want to be around adults. I'm driving my car everyday singing nursery rhymes ... that's not okay."

The model added: "I need to get out and have some fun and be around adults, so that's what I've done for the last few months. I've really really enjoyed it. "But right now I'm not ready to enter into a relationship or anything."