A LOVED-UP Max Bowden has taken his relationship with Coronation Street’s Katie McGlynn to the next level after they secretly got back together earlier this year.

back in April that Max, who played Ben Mitchell in EastEnders until 2024, had reunited with .

NINTCHDBPICT001108706773Max Bowden and Katie McGlynn have hard-launched their romance after keeping it under wraps for months Credit: Instagram/ @bowden5 NINTCHDBPICT001108706775Max shared a string of loved-up snaps with Katie Credit: Instagram/ @bowden5

while starring together in touring play Murder at Midnight and were pictured snogging in the street before splitting in December last year.

But now Max, 31, has hard-launched his reunion with Katie – who played Sinead Tinker in until 2020.

Taking to Instagram , the soap star shared a string of snaps from over the summer.

One picture saw the couple cosied up on a night out as they posed with their tongues sticking out.

And another showed Katie all glammed up and beaming as Max had his arm around her.

He captioned the snaps: “Little end of summer dump. So grateful for the beautiful people in my life right now.

“Not missing the sun much anyway.”

“Fun to look at what the Barnet was like three months ago,” he added after

NINTCHDBPICT001084249918Max and Katie had a brief romance last year before splitting up Credit: Shutterstock 439102,TITLE:EastEndersMax Bowden played Ben Mitchell in EastEnders before leaving the show in 2024 Credit: BBC

Katie wrote in the comments: “What a lovely dump,” followed by a red love heart emoji.

One fan penned: “Just love seeing you so happy.”

“You’re glowing with happiness Max,” said another.

on her Instagram at the start of September, sharing a series of pictures from Manchester Pride.

When The Sun confirmed their reunion in April, a source told us: “Katie and Max had a whirlwind romance last year but sadly things didn’t work out.

“They remained friends and over the last couple weeks decided to give things another go.

“There was a lot of attention on their relationship so they were hoping to keep things private this time around.”