How did Coleen and Wayne Rooney meet?
IT'S fair to say that The Rooneys are one of the most famous couples in Britain.
Coleen and Wayne have now opened up about their marriage on a new Amazon documentary.
How did Coleen and Wayne Rooney meet?
Wayne and Coleen are both from Liverpool and grew up in the same area.
They met when they were 12 as they both lived in Croxteth.
They first got together when they were both 16, just after they left secondary school.
A year later in 2002, a 17-year-old Wayne was signed to Everton.
Coleen became a regular attendee of his football games.
She supported him through his early career when he represented England at 17 and then joined Manchester United from Everton.
When did they get married?
They got married in June 2008, in a lavish ceremony on the Italian Riviera.
The couple married in Portofino, with OK! magazine reportedly paying them £2.5 million for an exclusive wedding interview and pictures.
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The newlyweds, dubbed Wayleen, then moved into a new £1.3m mansion in Formby.
They currently live in Prestbury, Cheshire, in a £4 million Neo-Georgian mega mansion.
In June 2021 the couple swapped loving messages to mark their 13th wedding anniversary.
Coleen shared a picture of the pair outside the Southbank Centre and wrote: "13 years married!! Happy Anniversary @waynerooney ❤️ xxx."
Wayne also posted a picture of them standing in front of Buckingham Palace's gates and wrote: "Happy Anniversary @coleen_rooney. ❤️😘 #13YearsMarried."
How many children does Coleen have with Wayne Rooney?
The couple have four children with their first born in 2009 and the last in 2018
Coleen had their first child, Kai Rooney, in November 2009.
Second child, Klay Anthony, was born in May 2013 and their third son, Kit, arrived in January 2016.
Their fourth son Cass was born in February 2018.