HOLLY Valance has fallen for a hunky bodyguard who protected her household earlier than her marriage split.
Ex-soldier Grant Gale, 34, met the previous Neighbours actress, 42, whereas shielding her, billionaire ex-hubby Nick Candy and their two women.
Our unique photos present the pair getting shut on two days out final week, together with being surrounded by sunseekers in a public park and amassing a meals supply.
Their blossoming relationship comes after Aussie Holly and Reform UK treasurer Candy ended their 13-year marriage last year.
Sources stated Welsh Rambo Gale, recognized as GG, has been on ops overseas.
Online photos present him posing with AK-47 and M4-22 rifles, and in navy settings.
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He and right-wing commentator Holly — Neighbours’ Felicity Scully from 1999–2002, then a No1 pop star with music Kiss Kiss — had been snapped in a park in posh Chelsea, West London, on Friday.
Holly gently clasped his face for a kiss and a supply stated: “They appeared actually joyful and had been chatting and joking quite a bit and being affectionate.
“Holly was smiling and laughing and made certain she gave him a kiss as they bought up.
“There had been a lot of individuals round and they didn’t care who noticed them.
“He looked like he was being quite protective of her.”
The couple had been additionally seen in Chelsea on Monday lunchtime as they picked up pre-ordered sushi.
Gale, in black cap, inexperienced Adidas tracksuit and gilet strode forward of Holly, who was in denims, a hooded high and shades.
An onlooker stated: “They had been by the restaurant and appeared in an property agent’s window.
“Holly and the bloke had been chatting, laughing and holding arms, then a woman got here out with their meals which he took.
“As they walked off, Holly trotted behind him and put her arms around him to get closer.”
Another insider stated Holly and Gale had recognized one another for between a 12 months and 18 months.
They have travelled overseas and Candy, 53, is known to pay attention to their romance.
Gale is listed as director of Northern Ireland-based agency Pretty Rifle Ltd which he runs alongside Kenneth O’Hare, 47.
The firm was integrated in February and lists as “wholesale of clothing and footwear”.
It has but to file accounts.
A profile image exhibits Gale holding an assault rifle, flak jacket and in navy fatigues apparently on an operation overseas.
He is seen clutching an M4-22 rifle with loaded magazines, in khaki fight trousers and fatigues in Africa.
That image exhibits him with three different gun-toting males.
A topless snap exhibits his tattoos together with a Wales map, the Welsh dragon, and an AK-47 inking beneath his proper pectoral.
He clenches his fist within the image, taken at a martial arts gymnasium in Phuket, Thailand
Meanwhile, a Facebook profile of Gale, beneath the identify Gannicus Gannici, says he’s from Newport, South Wales, and lists him as having lived in Colombia.
Gannicus was a Celtic slave and gladiator.
In one put up he and Mr O’Hare seem to debate independence in Somaliland, East Africa.
Holly has publicly supported Reform UK chief Nigel Farage and US President Donald Trump.
On GB News in February, she blasted Australia’s “Covid overreach” whereas a mounted imitation pistol was seen on a shelf within the background.
Gale, utilizing his Instagram deal with grantiogalio, wrote of her TV look: “Exercising her right to free speech.”
A supply stated: “Holly seems to be in a fairly serious relationship but might leave some of her friends and family a bit concerned given his background.”
Holly and Candy married in California in a 2012 ceremony with visitors together with Simon Cowell.
Last June we reported they had been splitting after “a very difficult period”.
In September we revealed Candy was dating a 33-year-old Swedish socialite named Camilla, and the way the connection had blindsided Holly.
A fortnight in the past Candy bought his Chelsea mansion, Providence House, for greater than £270million, believed to be the costliest home sale within the UK and probably the world.
The value tops the £210million paid in 2020 for a 45-room pile overlooking London’s Hyde Park.
Candy began his property business with brother Christian within the Nineties whereas working in promoting.
He was appointed as Reform treasurer in December 2024.
Last night time Holly and Gale couldn’t be contacted for remark.
A person who answered the intercom at Gale’s residence in South Wales stated he had moved to Chelsea.
