Christine and Paddy McGuinness marks 9th wedding anniversary with sweet surprise

Christine McGuinness surprised her husband Paddy with a series of incredible treats to mark their ninth wedding anniversary on Thursday.

And while the Real Housewives Of Cheshire star, 32, was pulling out all the stops, she revealed to fans that the funnyman, 46, had in fact forgotten the day altogether. 

The couple, who are parents to twins Leo and Penelope, six, and daughter Felicity, three, were seen cosying up in sweet snaps after Christine organised an incredible cake, countless balloons and a number of personalised cupcakes. 

Christine was clearly delighted with her efforts as she threw herself into the festivities with the balloons and cakes for her husband.

She added a caption on the video montage reading: ‘Happy anniversary. 13 years together, 9 years married!!! Even though you totally forgot.. again!…

‘You are forgiven because I couldn’t do life without laughter and you give me so much! Happy anniversary my love @mcguinness.paddy’. 

Last month, Christine discussed how they are coping in lockdown. 

Speaking to Woman’s Own magazine, she said: ‘I thought we’d be killing each other – that we’d be arguing and bickering – but we’re not….

‘We’re both putting in 50/50, so there’s absolutely nothing for us to argue about. We’re just trying to have a good time and we’re laughing a lot!

‘What we’ve realised is the stuff that we used to bicker about before was always work and who was having the kids, whereas now that’s not happening, we’re fine…

‘We’re in the same boat for the first time in our lives, we’re both completely equal, we’re both stay-at-home parents right now. And that’s it. No one’s going anywhere.’

All three of the couple’s children have autism and last month, speaking on MTV podcast Nappy Days, Christine admitted she would blame herself for her children’s autism, before learning more about the condition.

Each child was diagnosed at the age of three with the developmental disability that affects how people perceive the world and interact with others.

‘It’s hard enough being a mum but when you have children with additional needs its daunting,’ she said. ‘You wing it at first. You make mistakes but that’s just natural. But I didn’t know they had autism at first because I didn’t know anything about autism.’

Christine admitted that, despite showing the signs of the condition, she didn’t realise what her twins were going through.

‘They didn’t speak. They were non-verbal, they’d walk on their tiptoes, they were sensitive to sound and light. So if there was a sudden noise, they would jump out their skin. But I thought they were just softies.

 ‘I would think maybe it’s because they are twins, two of them,or that I would not be giving them enough attention. So I blamed myself.’