{"id":1707,"date":"2025-03-12T16:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:34:41","slug":"inside-mark-wright-and-michelle-keegans-marriage-as-they-welcome-their-first-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/inside-mark-wright-and-michelle-keegans-marriage-as-they-welcome-their-first-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan\u2019s marriage as they welcome their first child"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright’s relationship as they announce their daughter’s birth (Picture: REX)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mark Wright<\/a> and Michelle Keegan<\/a> have recently<\/strong> welcomed their first child together after nine years of marriage.<\/p>\n

The couple took to social media<\/a> to announce the birth of their daughter<\/a>, Palma Elizabeth Wright, on March 12.<\/p>\n

The post revealed the newborn was born on March 6: ‘Together we have a new love to share\u2026 Our little girl \ud83e\udd0d Palma Elizabeth Wright 06.03.25.’<\/p>\n

The black and white image, which has a portion of Palma\u2019s face off-camera, shows the newborn dressed in a knitted white top and hat with her parents\u2019 hands entangled with hers.<\/p>\n

The couple was immediately flooded with support from their friends and family, with celebrities wishing the new parents luck.<\/p>\n

\u2018Ffs I\u2019m crying over here.\ud83e\udd79 I know how much you\u2019ve wanted to be a dad and you\u2019ll be an amazing dad too. This is the most beautiful thing to see. So happy for you both,\u2019 media personality Joe Wicks<\/a> praised.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Massive news! Congrats guys..over the moon for you,\u2019 JLS star and radio host Marvin Humes<\/a> commented.<\/p>\n

The former Coronation Street<\/a> star and former TOWIE<\/a> star’s new parenting journey may have led many to wonder when the pair started dating, and how they’ve been married for.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look. <\/p>\n

How did Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright meet?<\/h2>\n

Mark and Michelle have been together since December 2012. <\/p>\n

The couple reportedly met backstage at The X Factor<\/a> and subsequently bumped into each other at numerous other events.<\/p>\n

‘I chased her for a while,’ Mark revealed on the Private Parts podcast hosted by Jamie Laing<\/a>. ‘Basically she gave me the elbow for about a year and then finally I got my way, after a lot of work.’<\/p>\n

‘People were suspecting things but we genuinely wasn’t [dating],” he added. ‘And then about literally a year later of us bumping into each other I finally sort of asked her out and it went from there.’<\/p>\n

The couple kept their relationship under wraps until they appeared as a couple for the first time at the 2013 Soap Awards. <\/p>\n

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The couple attended the British Soap Awards at Media City on May 18, 2013 (Picture: Mark Cuthbert\/UK Press via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The couple has been together for 12 years (Picture: Dave J Hogan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When did Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan get married?<\/h2>\n

The pair got engaged in September 2013 just nine months after they began dating. On 24 May, 2015, they were married<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At the time, he told The Mirror: I\u2019ve got now, for the first time in my life, what I\u2019ve always wanted and what every boy dreams of \u2013 affection in a relationship, love, best friend, a girl I fancy\u2026 everything rolled into one.\u2019<\/p>\n

They married on May 24, 2015, at St Mary\u2019s Church in Bury St Edmonds before celebrating at a reception on the grounds of the Tudor mansion Hengrave Hall in Suffolk.<\/p>\n

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Have the couple spoken about having a family before?<\/h2>\n

After being married for nearly a decade, the couple has constantly been asked about when they wanted to start a family. Michelle told Women\u2019s Health in 2018 that while she was too busy at that time, she had \u2018always been broody\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018I love kids, and I want four, so hopefully in the near future,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mark once told The Sun their schedules had got in the way of their plans.<\/p>\n

\u2018We say we\u2019re going to try [for a baby] every year but something comes up with work,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

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The couple has both had busy careers (Picture: David M. Benett\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michelle also said that speculation over the years has been difficult. \u2018People don\u2019t know if we\u2019re trying. They don\u2019t know the background of what\u2019s happening,\u2019 she told The Mirror.<\/p>\n

\u2018In this day and age, you shouldn\u2019t be asking questions like that. I\u2019m asked purely because I\u2019m a woman.<\/p>\n

\u2018But I\u2019m immune to it now \u2013 it\u2019s like a reaction, and as soon as I hear it I brush it off as it\u2019s no one else\u2019s business.\u2019<\/p>\n

The couple announced they were expecting in December with a pregnancy photoshoot<\/a> captioned: \u20182025 is going to be a special one for us\u2026 \ud83d\udc76\ud83c\udffb.’<\/p>\n

In the photo, taken at sunset on a beach, Michelle was cradling her bump while wearing a two-piece white set as her husband faced her while walking towards her on the sand, with his back to the camera.<\/p>\n

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The couple shared the news on social media on December 29 (Picture: Michelle Keegan\/ Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lauren Goodger and Mark Wright were together for 11 years (Picture: Mike Marsland\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before he got with Michelle, Mark was in an 11-year relationship with his TOWIE co-star Lauren Goodger<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They were engaged for a short time in 2011 but that ended after rumours emerged that Lauren had been unfaithful<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lauren denied these claims.<\/p>\n

Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright’s relationship as they announce their daughter’s birth (Picture: REX) Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan have recently welcomed their first child together after nine years of marriage. The couple took to social media to announce the birth of their daughter, Palma Elizabeth Wright, on March 12. The post revealed the newborn was born on March 6: ‘Together we have a new love to share\u2026 Our little girl \ud83e\udd0d Palma Elizabeth Wright 06.03.25.’ The black and white … Continue reading “Inside Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan\u2019s marriage as they welcome their first child”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}