article_snippet.sent: The 36-year-old has been in a relationship with the Manchester City midfielder for fiver years, and says building a bond with his children has been a careful, 'well-thought-out process.'
article_snippet.sent: Frank and Christine are engaged to be married after meeting at the Pride of Britain Awards five years ago, and enjoying what The TV presenter has called an 'old-fashioned courtship' Christine's relationship with Frank's ex-wife and the mother of Frank children, Spanish model Elen Rivas, has been a long-distance one, fraught with tension fuelled by Twitter rants from fiery Rivas.
article_snippet.sent: Confessing the interview that Christine never for one minute ever imagined Christine dating a footballer, the guest This Morning host says that Christine relationship with Frank began with 'an old-fashioned courtship.'
article_snippet.sent: After meeting at the Pride Of Britain Awards in 2009 following an introduction by Piers Morgan, Christine says the pair forged a deep and meaningful bond over long distance phone calls.
article_snippet.sent: Frank Lampard's former fiance, Spanish model Elen Rivas is known for Christine fiery rants about both Frank and Christine on Twitter .
highlights_snippet.sent: Christine Bleakely and Frank Lampard have been together for five years .
  