Some things just belong together, like tea and cake, Ant & Dec, and Coleen Rooney and tropical beaches. So, really, we can’t quite believe it’s been so long since the latter pair were reunited.
According to our calculations, it’s been eight whole months since Coleen went on a sunny vacay (her ski trip in February doesn’t count, guys – it was cold) and she’s just as outraged about it as us.
Luckily for her, she’s got the family’s lavish villa in Barbados to escape to. And now that travel restrictions have been lifted, we’re told she’ll be doing just that and upping sticks to the Caribbean with her four kids in tow. So what if husband Wayne’s football commitments mean he’ll probably have to sit this holiday out – or at least miss most of it?
“This is the longest that Coleen has gone without a sun holiday and she can’t wait to spend the summer with the boys,” says an insider close to the 34 year old, who last week was pictured visiting the swimwear boutique Rumpus Resort in Cheshire, where, as any loyal fan will know, she purchases all of her bikinis.
“They can spend most of their time at the villa and she can just relax. Normally, Wayne would be going, too, but the football season’s only recently restarted and there won’t be a long break until the next season, so he can’t commit. So, Coleen is planning a summer without him.”
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It’s surely a small price to pay for getting the R&R Coleen’s so desperately craving. While she and Wayne enjoyed a getaway to Dubai without the kids last November, it’s been far too long since she was back in her happy place, Barbados – she missed a family break there in October due to an “infection” and was forced to stay in the UK with youngest son Cass, two, while Wayne took the eldest three, Kai, ten, Klay, seven, and three-year-old Kit, alongside Coleen’s parents Tony and Colette. And it’s been a full 12 months since she let her hair down on a boozy girls’ holiday to Ibiza.
As we all know, Coleen’s had a rather eventful year, not least since she’s still embroiled in a legal battle with WAG nemesis Rebekah Vardy. So we can hardly blame her for seeking some fun in the sun while Wayne gets on with the day job.
Below: Wayne and Coleen's ups and downs
Coleen and Wayne Rooney's relationship timeline (d slid m stack)
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Even though they first met at school when they were 12, Wayne and Coleen first started dating after they finished school at the age of 16.
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At just 17 Wayne joined Everton football club and even though they'd only been dating a year Coleen admitted that they had already discussed getting married.At the time she admitted: "We want to spend the rest of our lives together and there's no stronger commitment than getting married."
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The happy couple got engaged in 2003 at a petrol station after Wayne got down on one knee. He asked his childhood sweetheart to spend the rest of their lives together with a £46,500 engagement ring.
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Coleen discovered that Wayne slept with a 48-year-old nan in a brothel back in 2002
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The WAG then defended her fiancé and admitted when he cheated they hadn't slept together yet. She added, "we weren't having that kind of relationship at that stage."
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Wayne and Coleen looked totally loved up at a public event a year before they got married
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At the age of 22, Wayne and Coleen tied the knot in a church in Italy!
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2009 – A year after their wedding, the happy couple welcomed their first child Kai into the world
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Just a year after they had their first child it was alleged that while Coleen was pregnant, Wayne cheated with prostitutes Jennifer Thompson and Helen Wood.
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Even though Coleen and Kai moved out of their family home following the allegations, the married couple put their troubles aside and reunited.
12 of 222013
The happy couple look so adorable with their son Kai while they await the arrival of their second child
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The Rooney's welcomed their second baby into the world – Klay
14 of 222016
In 2016, the Rooney family welcome baby Kit into the world
15 of 222017
During the summer holidays Coleen denied being pregnant after this photo emerged (even though she was)
16 of 222017
After denying her pregnancy for weeks the happy couple soon confirmed the exciting news - that they're having their fourth child!
17 of 222017
It was shortly after the Rooney's announced they're having their fourth child that Wayne was pictured and arrested for drunk driving.
18 of 222017
Things went from bad to worst after it came to light that Wayne was driving Laura Simpson's car. She then spoke out and claimed that they "had a kiss, a hug, some banter, harmless fun".
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It was then reported that Coleen along with her sons had fled from the family home after revealing her marriage was over.
20 of 222017
Following the scandal, Wayne received a driving ban for two years following his arrest and Laura appeared on This Morning to deny ever cheating with the footballer.
21 of 222017
After weeks of speculation around the couples marriage, it appeared that all was forgiven and forgotten as it was reported that the pair were planning on renewing their wedding vows.
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Coleen then surprised everyone by being totally honest in a Facebook post and admitted that although she's been through a "shit time" she decided to forgive her husband because she wants to "try and continue our marriage and live as a family".
“Coleen doesn’t want to be stuck at home,” says our source. “And no spectators are allowed at football matches yet, anyway, so she and the boys can’t even go and watch Wayne. She’s decided that it’s best if she’s away for most of the summer with the boys, and her parents will come and help out, too – Wayne can join them if and when he can. She really can’t wait to get away and has been buying bikinis and summer clothes in preparation.”
Normally, we’d be jealous, but as far as we’re concerned, Coleen jetting off on holiday means that natural order is finally being restored to the world, so we’re simply relieved. As the WAG herself – who used to go on up to ten getaways in a year – once tweeted, “Love a holiday, me!”
Honestly, they just go together.