Split! Natasha Hamilton and Ritchie Neville call off their engagement
It's all over for lovebirds Natasha Hamilton and Ritchie Neville, just five months after getting engaged.
The pair, who have one-year-old daughter Ella Rose together, confirmed the split to Mail Online earlier today.
"After careful consideration, we have decided to amicably end our relationship," their statement reads.
"There is no one reason for the failure of our relationship. Unfortunately it's just the way things have turned out and it's no one's fault.
"In the interests of our family we remain good friends and we hope that people will respect our privacy at this time."
Natasha took to Twitter this evening to hit out at the "scum" tweeting negative messages to herself and Ritchie about their split.
It make me so angry that when your having a really tough time in life, all the scum crawl out the woodwork to troll you. Shame on u!
— Natasha Hamilton (@NatashaOfficial) March 7, 2016
"It make [sic] me so angry that when your having a really tough time in life, all the scum crawl out the woodwork to troll you," she wrote, retweeting two of the more upsetting jibes.
Back in October, Ritchie and Natasha seemed as loved-up as ever after three years together, gushing about their engagement to OK! magazine.
"It was so romantic and it couldn’t have been more perfect. I felt overwhelmed and like I was in a movie," Richie recalled, with Natasha adding that the pair were "sobbing" as she said "yes."
It's the second major split for Natasha in the last five years, after she called it quits with her husband of eight years Riad Erraji in 2013. The former couple have one child together, five-year-old Alfie.
Aside from Alfie, the Atomic Kitten singer has two other children, 13-year-old Josh and 11-year-old Harry from previous relationships; and one-year-old Ella with Ritchie.
