Christine and Paddy McGuinness’ children are still unaware that their parents are no longer married.
After 11 years of marriage, model Christine, 34, announced her divorce from husband Paddy, 49, last year.
They have three children, Penelope and Leo, both nine, and Felicity, six, and they all reside in the same house.
Christine has recently said that she wishes for life to ‘continue’ in this manner in order to offer stability for her autistic children.
Speaking to Woman’s Own, she said: ‘The children don’t know any different and they’re growing up in a happy and loving home – I just want it to continue like that.
‘We don’t know what the future holds but right now it works.’
‘The thought of eventually co-parenting in separate houses is something I’m going to really struggle with,’ she admitted.
Christine and Paddy spent Christmas together three months ago, decorating the tree with their children, just after images of Christine kissing friend Chelcee Grimes, 30, surfaced.
Christine has admitted that she stayed in her marriage for so long because it was ‘pleasant.’ She and Paddy are still amicable and cohabiting.
‘I didn’t want my family to ever split apart, which is why I stayed married,’ the mother of three previously stated.
‘As an autistic woman, I like to stay where I’m comfortable – I like things to stay the same.
‘I understand myself better now. That’s where I was comfortable – just knowing that it was me, Patrick and the children. But sometimes change has to happen. You just have to deal with it in the best way possible.’
Christine also revealed her goal to be the “ideal wife” to former Take Me Out host Paddy.
‘I’d always wanted to be a wife so once I met Patrick, I fully went into “perfect wife” mode, you know, I’ll stay in, I’ll cook and clean and make sure I’m the best wife I can be,’ the beauty queen told Psychologies magazine.
‘I was always pretending to be something else rather than simply just me, that’s all part of masking.’
Christine plans to further investigate her autism by sharing her personal experience in a feature-length documentary titled Unmasking My Autism, which will air on BBC.