Football ace Kyle Walker will be with estranged wife Annie Kilner on Christmas Day after they agreed to put their divorce aside for the sake of their children.
The England and Man City star, 34, faces a major legal battle for a slice of his £27m fortune in the New Year.
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Kyle Walker and estranged wife Annie Kilner have agreed to put their divorce aside for the sake of their childrenCredit: AFP or Licensors
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Kyle secretly fathered a second child with model ex-lover Lauryn Goodman. Credit: Alamy
Annie kicked him out after he secretly fathered a second child with model ex-lover Lauryn Goodman.
But they will call a Christmas truce for their four children – Roman, 12, Riaan, eight, Reign, six, and baby Rezon.
A source said: “It’s been a terrible 12 months. But big credit to Annie.
“Despite everything Kyle did, she couldn’t bear the thought of him waking up alone on Christmas Day without his children.
“They put everything aside to save the children from further pain.”
Kyle will spend Christmas morning with Annie and the children before joining his City team-mates ahead of their clash with Everton on Boxing Day.
Annie, 31, could then return to Sheffield to be with her family, including sister Sian.
The £150,000-a-week defender was axed this time last year after Lauryn, 34, revealed the truth to Annie, who was already heavily pregnant.
In a message sent on December 27, she wrote: “Hey this is Lauryn. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that Kyle is the father of our daughter.”
Annie kicked Kyle out and he rented a villa near the family home in Prestbury, Cheshire. In his only interview, a few days later, he told The Sun: “What I did was appalling and I take full responsibility.”
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The pair tried to repair the damage but looked completely apart at the Euros as Kyle and his Three Lions team-mates worked their way to the final before losing to Spain.
He returned to the UK a day later and within hours was in court in London for a showdown with Lauryn over money for their daughter Kinara.
The judge accused Lauryna of using his desperation to keep the secret as “leverage” to get what she wanted.
Annie and Kyle’s friends hoped the harsh sentence would bring them closer together.
But it drove them even further apart – revealing the incredible sums of money Kyle had paid Lauryn in an attempt to win her silence.
Annie now wants a 50-50 share of his wealth as part of a “financial divorce”.
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Kyle will spend Christmas morning with Annie and the kids before joining his City teammates Credit: BackGrid
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Kyle was kicked out by Annie this time last year
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