An Olympic swimmer is showing how modern rainbow families can work as she reveals she is pregnant with her second child after spending lockdown with her new partner and her bi ex-husband.
Rebecca Adlington, 31, already has a daughter, Summer, five, with her ex-husband Harry Needs. Needs came out as bisexual in June – although that wasn’t anything to do with their marriage breaking down.
But despite their divorce, the pair have been living happily together and co-parenting Summer. During lockdown, Adlington and Needs have also been living with her new boyfriend, Andrew Parsons.
And there’s been a fourth adult in the house, Needs’ best friend Michael Gunning. Now the family are looking forward to a new baby, with Adlington proudly posting