Paddy McGuinness 'wins £2.5m mansion' in divorce from Christine but with unusual condition

Paddy McGuinness will reportedly retain ownership of the family's £2.5 million mansion following his divorce from ex-wife Christine - but she will continue to live there with the couple's three children. Insiders close to the couple revealed to the Mail that the 7-bedroom Cheshire family home is TV star Paddy's pride and joy.

He reportedly argued that he wouldn't be able to afford a similar property after divorcing his wife of 11 years. It's alleged that Christine didn't want to relocate their ten year old twins Penelope and Leo, or seven year old daughter Felicity - all diagnosed with autism- from the house they've grown up in.

A source told the publication: "Paddy is very much the king of his castle when it comes to their house. There was no way he was going to move into a smaller property while she stayed in their big house.

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"This means that both parties still own the house and Paddy can access it at any time." They added: "Paddy also knew that Christine would not want to cause their children upset by putting the house up for sale as they need routine and familiar surroundings because of their autism. Christine does have the option to force the sale of the house but she wanted to put her children's needs first."

Christine, 36, a former star of Real Housewives of Cheshire who was diagnosed with autism and ADHD in 2021, split from Radio 2 presenter Paddy, 51, in 2022. At the time they said: "We hadn't planned on sharing this publicly until we were ready but 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 was as always is to continue loving and supporting our children. This was not an easy decision to make but we're 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.

"We hope this now draws a line under anymore unwanted and unnecessary 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. We'll be making no further comment."