Rachel Stevens breaks silence after split from husband after 12 years of marriage.
Taking to her Instagram Stories the S Club 7 singer thanked her followers for their messages of support.
Sharing with an all black background on white text she penned:"I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your lovely messages of love and support. I means so much."
The day before, Rachel broke the sad news on social media, announcing the 'difficult decision' for the separation.
She told followers: "While we are no longer partners in marriage, we will remain partners in parenthood to our beautiful girls and continue with love and respect for each other."
She concluded: "I feel so incredibly grateful for the life we built together and will now continue to be focused on moving forward united as a family."
The pair share two daughters, Amelie, 11, and eight-year-old Minnie.
And the split sparked an outpouring from fans who have praised her for providing a 'united front' for their children.
Since news that the Dancing On Ice star was splitting, fans have left messages with many sharing their own experiences.
News of the split comes just a month before they were due to celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary.
The pair share two daughters, Amelie, 11, and eight-year-old Minnie.
The singer previously shared how the pair met on Roxie Nafousi's The Moments That Made Me podcast saying: "We were childhood sweethearts.
"We went out with each other when we were 12, we met at youth club and I was besotted with him. We went out for probably about four weeks and when you're that age that was a really long time!"
She added: "We then went on dates again when we were like 16 and then again when we were 18 and then we parted ways, you know, obviously I went off and did my thing, he went off and did his thing."
Rachel rose to fame in the nineties as part of pop group S Club 7 and has since appeared on the likes of Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity MasterChef and Dancing on Ice.
She also dated Holby City and Hollyoaks actor Jeremy Edwards. The pair got engaged in 2002 but split two years later.
