Who is Taylor Jane Wilkey? Andy Carroll pictured in bed with woman in Dubai

EX-ENGLAND striker Andy Carroll has been pictured on a bed with a blonde in Dubai just two weeks before his wedding to reality star Billi Mucklow.

But who is the woman in question, and what happened between her and the footballer?

Who is Taylor Jane Wilkey?

Andy Carroll gatecrashed fiancée Billy Mucklow's hen do in Dubai.

The 33-year-old then stayed after she and her friends left the country.

His own stag celebrations started off two days later, and he spent the day partying with Taylor Jane Wilkey.

A photo of the pair on a bed was shared on Snapchat, though Taylor insisted nothing happened and that it was just "innocent fun".

Taylor is 27 and hails from Scarborough on England's North Sea coast.

She is an assistant manager at a bar and restaurant at a high-end hotel in Dubai after moving to the UAE last summer.

What happened between Taylor Jane Wilkey and Andy Carroll?

Andy had started partying with Taylor at noon at Dubai's posh Cove Beach club.

The former Liverpool striker then invited her and two friends to hit the bar at a different venue before heading to his hotel suite for an afterparty.

Pictures of the night — which included a shot of Taylor next to him on a bed, with Carroll looking worse for wear, and another of her in his personalised bathrobe — were shared on Snapchat.

Taylor sent them to mates in the UK and they went viral.

Friends close to ex-Towie star Billi and the former Newcastle player said last night: “This is all very embarrassing with the wedding so close.”

But Taylor told The Sun: “It was all just a bit of entirely innocent fun.”

She said the photo was taken on Wednesday night “as a joke”.

She explained: “It was an afterparty. We all went back to his hotel. There was me, Andy and my female friend.

“I didn’t sleep with him, it wasn’t like that, there was three of us in the room.

“It was a full day and night of drinking, we’d been at Cove Beach since 12, it was a really boozy day. Andy was steaming, we were all drunk.”

She added: “We went back to Andy’s hotel suite and we played some music and he got into bed and passed out.

“I was there with my friend until the early hours and took the photo as a joke.

“My mates back home were goading me for the lowdown so I took that picture for a laugh and sent it to them.

“Nothing sexual happened. It was just a bit of banter.”

She said she also wanted to sleep so she took off her dress in the bathroom and put on one of his bathrobes.

She stressed: “At the end of the day nothing happened that should ruin his relationship. It was just a bit of fun.”

Taylor confirmed she had been partying with Carroll at Cove Beach bar then her and her friends met the stag party at a nightclub later.

She added: “We went to a club and were dancing, it was a great night.”