Holly Valance has been pictured not wearing her wedding ring after her marriage split from businessman husband Nick Candy.
The Australian former actress and chart-topping popstar was seen arriving from a flight at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 in west London on Saturday night.
The ex-Neighbours star, 42, was pictured toting luggage as reports told of her separating from Mr Candy 13 years after their wedding in September 2012.
The couple wed in Beverly Hills, California, and have daughters aged 11 and seven.
Valance, who has reinvented herself as a conservative firebrand, married the Reform Party treasurer, 52, in 2012 – but MailOnline understands they have now parted ways.
Friends say the pair’s priority has always been their daughters and will continue to be so during this very ‘difficult period’.
A source told MailOnline: ‘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.’
Holly Valance has been pictured not wearing her wedding ring after her marriage split from businessman husband Nick Candy
Holly Valance and Nick Candy are pictured here at a reception at One Hyde Park in central London in March 2011 – a year before their wedding in Beverly Hills, California
A wedding ring was missing from Holly Valance’s hand as she arrived at Heathrow’s Terminal 5
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.’
The estranged couple were last pictured together in March as they enjoyed a swanky lunch in London.
A spokesman for the couple said: ‘This is a private matter and we will not be making any further comment.’
They wed in 2012 a lavish £3million ceremony with guests including Sir Elton John, Simon Cowell as well as Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
Together they have enjoyed a lavish lifestyle and previously lived in a two-storey Hyde Park penthouse worth £175million, making it Britain’s most expensive flat.
The pair later downsized to a £10million countryside mansion in the Cotswolds, which they have been renovating.
In 2020, Mr Candy gifted his wife a £26million superyacht, despite the mother-of-two have spoken in the past of suffering from sea sickness.
Holly Valance, 42, has split from billionaire property tycoon husband Nick Candy, 52, after 13 years of marriage (pictured together 2022)
The ex-Neighbours star, 42, was pictured toting luggage as reports told of her separating from Mr Candy 13 years after their wedding in September 2012
Valance, who has reinvented herself as a conservative firebrand, married the Reform Party treasurer, 52, in 2012 – but MailOnline understands they have now parted ways
Together they have enjoyed a lavish lifestyle and previously lived in a two-storey Hyde Park penthouse worth £175million (pictured with Chloe and Phillip Green)
The businessman, who previously poured millions into Conservative coffers, became Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s party treasurer earlier this year.
Both he and his former singer and actress wife have made little secret of their support for Mr Farage – and joined him and Donald Trump for dinner in 2022 at the current US President’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
She also hosted fundraisers for Reform and they were in the audience when Mr Farage returned as party leader last year.
Valance launched her acting career in 1999 after winning the role of Felicity Scully in Neighbours, which she played until 2002.
The Melbourne-born actress later moved to America and starred in several popular US movies and TV shows, including Taken, Entourage and Prison Break.
She also topped the UK singles chart in 2002 with Kiss Kiss, following it up with Down Boy which reached number two and State Of Mind which made eighty place.
She semi-retired from the acting industry in 2015, although she made a brief cameo on Neighbours in 2022.
She raised eyebrows last year after slamming Greta Thunberg as a ‘demonic little gremlin’ and claiming Australia has become ‘too woke’ in a TV interview.
The former Neighbours star, 42, touched down at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 on Saturday
The ex-Neighbours actress and the Reform Party treasurer wed in 2012
The couple were last seen together in March as they enjoyed lunch in London (pictured)
The pair are parents to daughters Luka, 11, and Nova, seven
Holly criticised climate activist Thunberg to podcast host Christopher Hope, saying: ‘I don’t understand why you have this, like, demonic little gremlin high priestess of climatism as the goddess in classrooms, Greta.
‘All the kids are all coming home with depression and anxiety.
Valance also told LBC radio she had donated about £100,000 to Reform.
She and Mr Candy were both seen at when the Reform conference was held at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre.
There have previously been signs of a political split in their household, with the billionaire businessman a former Tory donor who backed Labour at the general election, before jumping ship to join his wife in backing Reform.
