HOLLY Valance has fallen for a hunky bodyguard who protected her family before her marriage split.
Ex-soldier Grant Gale, 34, met the former actress, 42, while shielding her, billionaire ex-hubby and their two girls.
Holly Valance has fallen for hunky bodyguard Grant Gale Credit: CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA
Ex-soldier Grant posing with an AK-47 Credit: MJ Pictures
Holly with billionaire ex-hubby Nick Candy Credit: Rex
Our exclusive pictures show the pair getting close on two days out last week, including being surrounded by sunseekers in a public park and collecting a food delivery.
Their blossoming relationship comes after Aussie Holly and treasurer Candy
Sources said Welsh Rambo Gale, known as GG, has been on ops abroad.
Online pictures show him posing with AK-47 and M4-22 rifles, and in military settings.
He and — Neighbours’ Felicity Scully from 1999–2002, then a No1 pop star with song Kiss Kiss — were snapped in a park in posh Chelsea, West London, on Friday.
gently clasped his face for a kiss and a source said: “They looked really happy and were chatting and joking a lot and being affectionate.
“Holly was smiling and laughing and made sure she gave him a kiss as they got up.
“There were lots of people around and they didn’t care who saw them.
“He looked like he was being quite protective of her.”
The couple were also seen in Chelsea on Monday lunchtime as they picked up pre-ordered sushi.
Gale, in black cap, green tracksuit and gilet strode ahead of Holly, who was in jeans, a hooded top and shades.
An onlooker said: “They were by the restaurant and looked in an estate agent’s window.
Holly and Grant were snapped in a park in posh Chelsea, West London Credit: Click News and Media
Holly gently clasped Grant’s face for a kiss Credit: Click News and Media
Holly with her arms around Grant’s waist as they stroll around Chelsea Credit: MJ Pictures
“Holly and the bloke were chatting, laughing and holding hands, then a lady came out with their food which he took.
“As they walked off, Holly trotted behind him and put her arms around him to get closer.”
Another insider said Holly and Gale had known each other for between a year and 18 months.
They have travelled abroad and Candy, 53, is understood to be aware of their romance.
Gale is listed as director of Northern Ireland-based firm Pretty Rifle Ltd which he runs alongside Kenneth O’Hare, 47.
The company was incorporated in February and lists as “wholesale of clothing and footwear”.
It has yet to file accounts.
A profile picture shows Gale holding an assault rifle, flak jacket and in military fatigues apparently on an operation abroad.
He is seen clutching an M4-22 rifle with loaded magazines, in khaki combat trousers and fatigues in Africa.
That picture shows him with three other gun-toting men.
A topless snap shows his including a map, the Welsh dragon, and an AK-47 inking under his right pectoral.
He clenches his fist in the picture, taken at a martial arts gym in Phuket, Thailand
Meanwhile, a profile of Gale, under the name Gannicus Gannici, says he is from Newport, South Wales, and lists him as having lived in .
Gannicus was a Celtic slave and gladiator.
In one post he and Mr O’Hare appear to discuss independence in Somaliland, East Africa.
Holly has publicly supported Reform UK leader and US President .
On GB News in February, she blasted Australia’s “Covid overreach” while a mounted imitation pistol was visible on a shelf in the background.
Gale, using his handle grantiogalio, wrote of her TV appearance: “Exercising her right to free speech.”
A source said: “Holly seems to be in a fairly serious relationship but might leave some of her friends and family a bit concerned given his background.”
Holly and Candy married in in a 2012 ceremony with guests including .
A topless snap shows Grant’s tattoos including a Wales map, the Welsh dragon, and an AK-47 inking under his right pectoral
Holly on a night out in London in 2016 Credit: Getty
Ex-soldier Gale in combat gear and holding a rifle
Last June we reported they were splitting after “a very difficult period”.
In September we revealed Candy was a 33-year-old Swedish socialite named Camilla, and how the relationship had blindsided Holly.
A fortnight ago Candy sold , Providence House, for more than £270million, believed to be the most expensive house sale in the UK and possibly the world.
The price tops the £210million paid in 2020 for a 45-room pile overlooking London’s Hyde Park.
Candy started his property with brother Christian in the 1990s while working in advertising.
He was in December 2024.
Last night Holly and Gale could not be contacted for comment.
A man who answered the intercom at Gale’s home in South Wales said he had moved to Chelsea.
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