Mollie King has announced she and her fiancé Stuart Broad have welcomed their second child.
The Saturdays star, 37, and the cricketer, 38, who already share daughter Annabella, 19 months, shared the joyful news on Sunday evening that she has given birth to another baby girl.
The couple took to Instagram to share black-and-white photo of Mollie, Stuart, Annabella and their new bundle of joy’s hands together.
While in the caption Mollie revealed they had named their little girl Liliana, while gushing that she was the ‘most perfect Christmas gift’.
She penned: ‘Welcome to the world beautiful baby Liliana. We are bursting with happiness! You are the most perfect Christmas gift our little family could have ever wished for ❤️’.
Her and Stuart’s happy news was met with a slew of congratulatory messages in the comments, including from their famous friends.
Mollie and Stuart, who have been together for almost six years, first revealed they were expecting another child in August on Instagram.
The singer shared a heartwarming photo of Stuart kissing her bare bump, with Annabella sat on his shoulders, as she revealed the toddler was excited to be a ‘big sister’.
Mollie King has announced she and her fiancé Stuart Broad have welcomed their second child
The Saturdays star, 37, and the cricketer, 38, who already share daughter Annabella, 19 months, shared the joyful news on Sunday evening that she has given birth to another baby girl
Mollie penned in the caption: ‘Our baby girl is going to become a big sister. We can’t wait to meet you, little one!’
She later said: ‘The thought of welcoming another newborn fills me with so much joy, but one of the things that excites me the most is the thought of watching our Annabella becoming a big sister.
The post was met with a sea of congratulatory messages, including from her famous pals as Tanya Burr said: ‘Congratulations Mollie! Xxxxx’, and Candice Brown wrote: ‘Ohhhh this is the most gorgeous news.’
Mollie – who shot to fame with the legendary girlband The Saturdays – is now a beloved host on several BBC Radio Show, while Stuart is a retired cricketer who was previously nominated for Sports Personality Of The Year.
Moreover, sport alum Stuart played Test cricket until his voluntary retirement in July last year and was one of only a few bowlers to ever take 600 wickets.
Speaking to Arcadia Magazine about her daughter in December 2023, Mollie gushed: ‘Annabella is my proudest achievement.
‘I just feel like I’ve learned so much from her, she’s just changed my world. I feel like I’ve got a new best friend. So I feel like everything I do is for her and her future.
‘It’s so exciting to look into the future and just see her just being the main part of our life really.’
The pair already share daughter Annabella, 19 months, who Molly said in her post was excited to be a ‘big sister’
In November 2022 Mollie gave birth to Arabella as the couple announced the happy news on Instagram
The couple got engaged in January 2021 on New Year’s Eve and shared the news with a loved-up post online at the time.
She announced the news on Instagram on New Year’s Day, sharing a snap of the pair kissing while on a wintry countryside walk.
Wrapped up against the chill, Mollie embraced cricketer Stuart flashing her diamond engagement ring.
‘A thousand times yes! I still can’t believe it, the most magical start to the new year! I can’t wait to spend all my years with you ❤️,’ she captioned the snap.
Stuart shared the same snap, captioning this: ‘The best way to start 2021 @mollieking!’
In November 2022 Mollie gave birth to her first child.
The couple announced the happy news on Instagram, sharing that they’d named their bundle of joy Annabella.
Announcing her daughter’s arrival, Mollie posted a pair of tender snaps of herself and Stuart enjoying their first outing with their newborn daughter.
The couple got engaged on New Year’s Eve and shared the news with a loved-up post online at the time (seen)
She penned the caption: ‘Welcome to the world Annabella Broad. We have never been so in love.’
In July of this year, Mollie and Stuart were seen attending Wimbledon together as they took some time off from parenting duties.
The cricket sensation and Mollie met back in 2012 through mutual friends.
A friend asked the singer to send Stuart a get-well message while he was recovering from an injury, marking their first link.
Their romance didn’t actually began until six years later, once Mollie appeared on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Forging their strong bond, the couple split for five months at the time but rekindled their relationship in 2019.
