Katie Price set to marry after whirlwind romance

Katie Price set to marry after whirlwind romance
Katie Price set to marry after whirlwind romance (Image credit: PA)

Katie Price has revealed she is to tie the knot for the third time after current boyfriend Kieran Hayler popped the question over Christmas. The model and reality TV star revealed that she and Kieran were an item just three weeks ago, shortly after her split from Argentinian model Leandro Penna. Her 25-year-old fiance is reportedly a plasterer and part-time stripper who has appeared in EastEnders. She told The Sun on Sunday that Kieran "treats her like a princess" and is a "true gentleman". "He is a normal guy, he works hard and the kids love him," Katie added. "It just feels right. I know what people will say about me because I've heard it all before. But life is short so when something feels right, I just go for it." Katie has previously been married to Peter Andre - whom she met on the set of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here in 2004, but they split in 2009. She went on to wed cage-fighter and Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid in 2010 but that marriage ended in early 2011. Although there was speculation that she would marry Leandro Penna - whom she met at Elton John's Oscars party in 2011 - the couple split last October. Katie has two children from her marriage to Peter Andre - seven-year-old Junior and five-year-old Princess - as well as son Harvey, 10, from her relationship with ex-Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.