MOLLIE KING is set to become a married woman after announcing her engagement to England cricketer Stuart Broad.
She rose to fame as part of girl group The Saturdays, and since then has seen her star soar.
Who is Mollie King?
Mollie King, 35, is a singer and model from Wandsworth in London, best-known for being one-fifth of girl band The Saturdays.
As a youngster, Mollie was a skiing champion and a finalist in the Miss Guildford beauty pageant.
She began her rise to fame by auditioning for The X Factor in 2005 aged 18, where she clashed with Sharon Osbourne over her chosen outfit despite impressing with her vocals.
Mollie returned in 2007 as part of girl band Fallen Angelz, but they did not progress past the Bootcamp round.
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Then in that same year, Mollie auditioned to be part of girl band The Saturdays, alongside the likes of Frankie Sandford, who had been a member of S Club Juniors.
As soon as they’d formed the group toured with Girls Aloud, and they eventually released four albums, selling five million of them.
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Among their best-known songs are Ego, Issues and their cover of Just Can’t Get Enough.
After seven years in action and four tours, plus their own show called Chasing The Saturdays, the band went on permanent hiatus in 2014.
In 2017 the band reunited for the first time to celebrate the decade since they formed.
Mollie released her debut single, Back To You, in 2016.
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She went on to take part in Strictly in 2017.
Mollie has now turned her hand to presenting and is known for hosting This Morning and Radio 1’s weekend breakfast show.
When did Mollie King start dating Stuart Broad?
Mollie King began dating England cricket star Stuart Broad in 2018 – but the pair split just five months later in August of that year.
At the time, a source said: “Mollie and Stuart’s romance has fizzled out. Their schedules are packed and it’s not been easy to see each other often.
“It wasn’t working so they went their separate ways. There are no hard feelings.”
However, the pair rekindled the spark shortly after with the bowler proposing to the radio host on New Year’s Day 2021.
Before Stuart, Mollie enjoyed a high profile romance with British model David Gandy in 2011.
Their relationship lasted ten months, they got back together in 2015, only to split again the following year.
Prior to that she dated Andy Brown, lead singer of Lawson.
Does Mollie King have any children?
In June 2022 Mollie revealed she is expecting her first child with Stuart.
She hared her exciting news on Instagram alongside a picture of the cricketer kissing her growing bump
Mollie wrote: “Stuart and I are so so happy to share that we’re expecting a baby later this year! We’re absolutely over the moon.”
Her bandmates rushed to congratulate her with Rochelle Humes writing: “Best news ever.”
