Ryan Giggs’ pregnant girlfriend Zara Charles emerged in Cheshire on Friday, in her first outing since their baby news was announced.
The lingerie model, 36, looked radiant as she stepped out in a £355 Bella Freud jumper with a shearling jacket, all of which kept any hint of a baby bump under wraps as she emerged just hours after the news came to light.
She was also seen holding a £1,800 Bottega Veneta Camera Small Intrecciato Leather Shoulder Bag and wearing New Balance trainers – showing she has a suitably WAG-worthy love of designer goods.
Retired Manchester United footballer Ryan, 40, and Zara, who have been in a relationship since 2021, are said to be expecting their first child later this year.
The football ace has son, Zach, 17, and daughter, Libby, 19, from his 10 year marriage to Stacey Cooke, while Zara has a daughter from a previous marriage.
Ryan Giggs’ pregnant girlfriend Zara Charles emerged in Cheshire on Friday, in her first outing since their baby news was announced.
Retired Manchester United footballer Ryan, 40, and Zara, who have been in a relationship since 2021, are said to be expecting their first child later this year (pictured together in Manchester earlier this month)
She looked stunning as she emerged in the black ensemble
Ryan has son Zach, 17, and daughter Libby, 19, from his 10-year marriage to Stacey Cooke (pictured), while Zara has a daughter from a previous marriage
Insiders claim Ryan’s ex wife Stacey – who divorced Ryan back in 2017 – has also given her blessing as well as their children.
A source told The Sun: ‘Ryan was nervous about what his kids would think but they’ve got to know Zara over the last few years and really like her. They’re happy because they know he’s happy…
‘But they’ve joked that he might struggle with the early mornings and lack of sleep. Ryan and Zara are thrilled at the prospect of becoming parents again, they have a very solid, loving relationship and are building a long-term future together.’
Another source told the publication: ‘Stacey approves of Zara. Her and Ryan have been through a lot but they have moved on and she’s only interested in him being happy, because that makes him a good dad to their kids. There is no animosity.’
Stacey and Ryan divorced in 2017 after it was revealed he had been having an eight-year affair with his brother’s wife, Natasha.
Members of his family cut ties with him when the news broke, his dad saying he was ‘ashamed’ of his son while his brother, Rhodri, made headlines appearing on a Paddy Power advert mocking the former Manchester United man.
The marriage survived the affair – as well as Ryan cheating with Big Brother star Imogen Thomas – but they separated in 2016.
According to Leiper Gupta Family Lawyers, the divorce could have cost Ryan £20million, but the pair’s lawyers said they remained ‘firm friends’.
Zara chatted on the phone while walking through Cheshire
She paired her ensemble with a pair of New Balance trainers
Ryan and Zara are pictured together last year prior to their baby news
Ryan and Zara’s exciting news comes after the former footballer returned to work as Director of Football at Salford City, the club he co-owns, after being cleared of assaulting former girlfriend Kate Greville in 2023.
He was facing charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm over an alleged headbutt on Katie plus further counts of coercive or controlling behaviour against her and common assault against her sister Emma.
But, in a 10-minute court hearing, the prosecution offered no evidence and Judge Hilary Manley said: ‘I formally enter not guilty verdicts in respect of each of the three counts.’
Chris Daw KC, defending Ryan, said his client is ‘deeply relieved the prosecution has finally come to an end after almost three years in which he’s been fighting throughout to clear his name’, adding: ‘He has always been innocent of these charges – there’s been very, very many lies told about him in court.’
It was then revealed how the case began to fall apart when Katie said she did not want to testify due to the effects of the process on her ‘mental and physical well-being.’
However lawyers for Ryan said he ‘did not buy’ her reasoning, insisting the prosecution was put off by new information uncovered by the defence.
This included a cosmetic procedure to have lip fillers on or around the day of the alleged headbutt and several days before she was pictured with apparently swollen and bruised lips as a result of the alleged attack.
She was also seen holding a £1,800 Bottega Veneta camera small intrecciato leather shoulder bag
