Holly Valance Stuns in White Satin Minidress at London Cocktail Event After Split from Nick Candy

Holly Valance was the picture of elegance on Wednesday as she arrived at Aki London for her first glitzy event outing since news broke of her split from billionaire husband Nick Candy.

The former soap star, 42, put on a leggy display in a white satin minidress featuring a flared skirt and embossed with a textured floral pattern.

Flashing a radiant smile, the singer ensured she was dripping in jewels from head-to-toe, sporting diamond earrings, a matching choker and glittering high heels.

Holly posed alongside her friend and fashion designer Rebecca Vallance, who hosted the cocktail bash, and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Sharon Osbourne, Zara Tindall and Amber Le Bon.

It marked her first appearance at a showbiz event since news broke of her split from billionaire property tycoon Nick, 52, after 13 years of marriage in June.

The pair tied the knot in 2012 and welcomed daughters Luka, 11, and Nova, eight, together, before ending their marriage after a ‘long time living separate lives’. 

The day after it was revealed they had separated, Holly was seen not wearing her wedding ring.

A source told Daily Mail: ‘They have been living separate lives for a long time, he’s travelling a lot. Nick has businesses in Dubai and London, The Reform Party.’

The estranged couple were last pictured together in March, with Holly dressed in £10K of designer clothing as they enjoyed a swanky lunch together in London.

A spokesman for the couple said: ‘This is a private matter and we will not be making any further comment.’

Friends of the pair said at the time that Holly and Nick’s priority has always been their daughters and would continue to be so during the very ‘difficult period’.

A family friend added to The Sun – who first reported the couple’s split: ‘The joint parenting of their two amazing daughters remains their top priority. 

‘They’ve had to juggle a demanding lifestyle. Between family, public life, and Nick’s intense work commitments, it’s been a tough balance.’

While it seems that Nick has moved on with Holly’s doppelganger, with him reportedly striking up a romance with a Swedish socialite named Camilla.

Just three months later after new of the split, the businessman was spotted sharing a kiss with Camilla, 33, at Heathrow Airport following a trip to Dubai.

The couple then made their first public outing together last month, as they attended The Chancery Rosewood’s grand opening in London.

Camilla is the CEO of a luxury candle business called Ino Scent, that sells vegan-friendly customised candles for £52.

She reportedly resides in a high-end area of London and mixes in the same circles as Nick, previously making an appearance at a premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival alongside the likes of Dua Lipa, Orlando Bloom and Adriana Lima.

According to The Sun, Nick has been splashing his cash to lavish Camilla with expensive gifts and trips abroad.

A source told the publication: ‘They are really enjoying spending time together, particularly alone like couples do when they are in the early stages of a romance.

‘And their trips are the last word in luxury as Nick can afford the most bijou places and likes to treat Camilla. He is a charmer, and has been wooing her with trips abroad, lovely meals and gifts like designer handbags and jewellery.’

However, Holly was said to have been left ‘blindsided’ by Nick’s new relationship, with reports claiming the businessman hadn’t told anyone about Camilla before whisking her off on romantic trips. 

A source told The Sun on Sunday: ‘Nick has blindsided Holly and left her and his inner circle stunned about the romance.  

‘There is now a slight feeling of surprise that he’s met someone else so soon — and particularly someone who’s a dead ringer for Holly. It will be pretty tough for her seeing him with Camilla.’

Holly and Nick tied the knot in a lavish £3million ceremony in 2012 with guests including Elton John, Simon Cowell as well as Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie. 

Together they enjoyed a lavish lifestyle and previously lived in a two-storey Hyde Park penthouse worth £175million, making it Britain’s most expensive flat.

In 2020, Nick gifted Holly with a £26million superyacht, despite the mother-of-two famously suffering from sea sickness.

She came to fame in 1999 after winning the role of Felicity Scully in Neighbours, which she played until 2002. 

After having several small roles in a series of popular US films and TV shows, including Taken, Entourage and Prison Break, she semi-retired from the industry in 2015 – but made a brief cameo on Neighbours in 2022.

Holly, also known as a singer for her hit songs such as Naughty Girl and Down Boy, has spent the last decade becoming an unlikely presence in political circles.

She has hosted fundraisers for the Reform party and she and Nick have made little secret of their support for Nigel Farage.

They were in the audience when Farage returned as Party leader last year and as far ago as 2022 they joined him and US president Donald Trump for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Nick, who previously poured millions into Conservative coffers, became Reform’s party treasurer earlier this year.