Coleen Rooney and her husband Wayne were spotted picking up food together in Cheshire on Wednesday, as her WAG war with Rebekah Vardy draws to a close.
The celebrity couple, both 35, were seen on a bench outside Henry’s Cafe in Prestbury Village waiting for their food with their dog.
The pair, who have been married since 2008, were dressed casually with Wayne sporting a black puffer jacket with his grey joggers matching his cap.
Culinary outing: Coleen Rooney and her husband Wayne were spotted picking up food together in Cheshire on Wednesday, as her WAG war with Rebekah Vardy draws to a close
Colleen was dressed in a similarly sporty fashion in black running leggings and jacket paired with trainers and her hair scraped back into a bun on top of her head.
According to onlookers, the couple barely spoke to each other, Colleen absorbed in her phone as Wayne looked serious while speaking on his phone the entire time.
One onlooker said: ‘Wayne was on the phone the whole time they were there. Colleen was constantly texting on the bench and then had a photo with a passerby. Another person said hello to which she replied happily.
‘They didn’t speak to each other at all. Colleen looked annoyed whilst up near Henry’s as Wayne was still on the phone and had been the whole time. She was stood looking at Wayne and glaring at him as he was still on the phone.
Claims: Rebekah Vardy is making a fresh bid to weaken rival Coleen’s case before their so-called Wagatha Christie case reaches its dramatic conclusion (pictured November 2020)
‘They sat for about 10 minutes on the bench then collected a bag of food from Henry’s Cafe in the village and walked off back towards their house.’
It comes as MailOnline exclusively revealed that Rebekah Vardy is making a fresh bid to weaken rival Coleen’s case before their so-called Wagatha Christie case reaches its dramatic conclusion.
Rebekah, 39, is working to have a section of evidence from Coleen’s defence ‘struck out’ in her latest move, the section is known as ‘TV Details story’ and stems from a story Coleen claims she leaked in September 2019.
Meanwhile, Coleen has just 24 hours to add any more evidence before a new deadline, MailOnline has learned.
The twin developments signal that the two warring Wags are further than ever from reaching an eleventh-hour agreement to prevent a lurid and hugely expensive court case from going ahead.
Deadline time: And meanwhile, Coleen has just 24 hours to add any more evidence before a new deadline, MailOnline has learned (pictured October 2020)
Coleen now has until 4.30pm on Friday to present evidence to oppose the striking out, and Rebekah will then get a chance to serve a reply to Coleen’s evidence documents.
Rebekah, married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, is suing mother-of-four Coleen for libel after Coleen accused her to leaking false stories over her private life.
The long-running feud between the high-profile WAGS erupted after Coleen revealed that she had set a trap to see who was responsible for the leaks, which earned her the nickname Wagatha Christie.
Coleen famously wrote: ‘I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. It’s ……………. Rebekah Vardy’s account.’
Soon after, Rebekah took to social media to deny being the person who had leaked the stories to the press, after Coleen’s post went viral
Post: Coleen famously wrote, ‘I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. It’s ……………. Rebekah Vardy’s account’
Last June, it emerged that Rebekah had launched a case to sue Coleen for £1 million.
The latest twist in the saga saw Mr Justice Nicklin, set the deadline in an order, telling both women that if they want to change any dates, they have to apply formally to the court.
He also set down a timetable to take the case forward, with both women being required to serve revised costs budgets with the court by June 18 this year.
The section of evidence which Rebekah wants to be ‘struck out’ in her latest move – removed as evidence from the case – is known as the ‘TV Details story’ and stems from September 2019.
At that point, Coleen claims to have blocked all followers from her Instagram Stories, except Rebekah, then posted a selfie alongside the text: ‘Up and out!! Easing my way back into work!! TV decisions today… maybe it’s time for Australia’ and ‘Good Day’ with a heart emoji.
Case: The twin developments signal that the two warring WAGs are further than ever from reaching an eleventh-hour agreement to prevent a lurid and hugely expensive court case
Three days later the Sun published an ‘exclusive’ story suggesting that Coleen was in talks to join Strictly Come Dancing the following year and was looking ‘to revive her TV career’.
According to Coleen’s defence document, Rebekah could be inferred to be the source of the Sun’s story, but Rebekah’s lawyers reject that conclusion, and want the judge to agree with them by striking out the passage.
A costs and case management hearing will take place before procedural judge Master Roger Eastman on July 2, likely to last two and a half hours. The hearing will decide how the case will go ahead.
Already Coleen has described Rebekah’s budget of nearly £900,000 for the case as ‘grotesque’ after a virtual hearing before Master Eastman in March, who said the budgets for both women were ‘extraordinarily large.’
Coleen estimated her budget for legal fees at £402,312.
Time’s running out! Coleen, 34, now has until 4.30pm on Friday to present evidence to oppose the striking out, and Rebekah, 39, will then get a chance to serve a reply to Coleen’s evidence
Efforts at mediation in the hope of settling the case are thought doomed to failure, especially since Coleen has declined to remove the posts at the centre of the libel action, which remain accessible online.
Since Rebekah initiated the case there have been a series of legal skirmishes ahead of the planned full case.
In October 2020, Coleen ‘doubled down’ by filing her 55-page defence and sharing images of the Instagram posts she alleged Rebekah leaked.
The following month, Rebekah won the first round of her High Court libel battle at the ‘meanings hearing’
In February, the pair attended a court-ordered mediation session on Zoom, their first meeting for years.
Sued: Rebekah, married to Jamie Vardy, is suing Coleen for libel after Coleen accused her to leaking false stories over her private life (pictured with husband Jamie and daughter Olivia)
Zoom proceedings began with both sides reading out a statement and then breaking off into separate virtual rooms as the mediator spoke to them and their legal representatives independently.
Former columnist Coleen reportedly tried to reach out to brunette Rebekah after another round of failed talks to avoid a costly legal battle.
However, it’s thought that she saw the mediation as a ‘waste of time’ as TV star Becky continues to demand she apologise for her fierce accusation.
Last February, Rebekah broke down on ITV’s Loose Women, saying the feud was ‘one of the worst things I had to deal with apart from being abused when I was younger’.