Coleen Rooney breaks silence after Rebekah Vardy's loss in Wagatha Christie court ruling

has broken her silence after the six-year Wagatha Christie row came to a close. On Tuesday (May 6), of her legal costs. Now, Coleen has taken to her Instagram Stories in the aftermath of the jaw-dropping ruling.

She wrote: "The ruling yesterday in my favour finally brings this claim to an end, it's a relief and brings closure for my family and I. Throughout this long process, I am grateful that the judgements have consistently gone my way.

"However, as I have always maintained, this claim did not need to be made or run for as long as it did. The time and money should have been put to better use. I want to thank my legal representative, management, friends and family for their guidance and constant support."

She went on: "Thanks also to the public and many well-wishers who have been in touch with such kind messages. This episode is not something that I ever wanted in my life. However, I am thankful for the way my family and team have dealt with it. We look forward to moving on with our lives."

Coleen, the wife of former footballer Wayne Rooney, took to social media to reveal that she had secretly been plotting a sting operation after a string of stories shared on her private social media had been leaked to the press.

The Liverpudlian narrowed down accounts with access to her posts in order to discover which account was leaking the false information. In 2019, Coleen took to social media to reveal: "It was... Rebekah Vardy's account" after she had blocked her followers from seeing her Instagram Stories.

The posts included a fake story that she was heading to Mexico for gender selection, as well as eyeing up a stint on Strictly Come Dancing. After Coleen's 'reveal' of Rebekah, the wife of footballer Jamei Vardy, strongly denied the allegations and implied that her Instagram account had been hacked.

Rebekah later launched a defamation case against her former pal Coleen for her social media post which she claimed had defamed her. However, a hearing at The Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday (May 6) heard that Rebekah must pay £1.2million.

A specialist costs court has previously been told that Coleen ran up a legal bill totalling more than £1.8million after she successfully defended Vardy's High Court claim in 2022.

In written submissions for a hearing on Tuesday, Mrs Vardy's barrister, Juliet Wells, said that Mrs Rooney's total legal bill of £1,833,906.89 "has not been settled at £1,190,000 being c. £2,225,000 plus interest of c. £65,000."

Ms Wells added that Mrs Rooney is now claiming "assessment costs" of more than £300,000, which she described as "grossly disproportionate" and should be capped at "no more than £100,000".

The full amount of the assessment costs will be determined at the hearing before Costs Judge Mark Whalan, who said he was "pleased" that the two sides had come to a "commercial accommodation". Both Rebekah and Coleen were absent from the remote hearing.