PALIN MITENK BLOG

By Sara Nathan

Playful: Christine Bleakley and Frank Lampard mess around on the back of a boat in Sardinia as they enjoy their first holiday together


They have put on a somewhat nauseating display of affection while on a romantic holiday in Sardinia.

And now friends of Frank Lampard have told how he will propose to his TV presenter love Christine Bleakley within the next six weeks – before the start of the new football season.

The couple have been dating for the past eight months, but the Chelsea midfielder, 32, is said to be planning his moment to pop the question, especially as Miss Bleakley, 31, has proved a hit with his father, Frank senior.


In love: The pair looked very much like a couple in love, with Christine seemingly unable to keep the wide smile off her face


One source told the Mail: ‘Frank has told his closest friends that Christine is absolutely the girl for him.

‘The thing that has clinched it for him is that his dad, Frank Snr, loves Christine and has told Frank that his beloved mum Pat, who died two years ago, would have loved her too.

‘All bets are on that they will be engaged by the start of the football season, which kicks off properly in the second week of August.’


Passionate: Christine and Frank enjoy a kiss in the warm Italian waters






Toned: Christine displays her enviable figure in a bandeau striped bikini, but it struggles to contain her curves


The friend added: ‘Frank will be thrown back into football, while Christine is going to be extremely busy as she will launch ITV’s new breakfast show in September– so expect a wedding next summer.’

Miss Bleakley has appeared to be tight-knight with the Lampard clan after joining her multi-millionaire lover on holiday with his cousin, former footballer Jamie Redknapp and his wife Louise.

However, the former One Show host managed to lure Lampard away yesterday as they hired a small boat to ferry them around the Costa Smeralda.


Day trip: The pair enjoy a trip on a hire boat as they are ferried around the Costa Smeralda


Enjoyable: Both Christine and Frank appear to be making the most of their trip


And passions were running high as Miss Bleakley, who flaunted her model figure in a small bandeau bikini, and Lampard could not stop kissing each other as they took a dip in the clear waters.

Earlier this week, Miss Bleakley - who recently left BBC chiefs furious after courting ITV before signing up to a £4 million pound deal with ITV – sparked engagement rumours by inadvertantly swapping a costume piece of jewellery on to her ring finger.

The move prompted her spokesman to deny an engagement.


Bobbing along: Frank and Chrisine took their romantic holiday aboard their very own love boat as they continued their Sardinian sojourn today


Me and my guy: The relationship between the pair seems to have deepened in recent weeks


The TV star was in the crowd at Bloemfontein in South Africa on Sunday to witness Lampard’s disallowed goal – and to watch England crash out of the tournament at the hands of the German squad.

Pictures show her looking tense from the stands as she acted every bit the despairing girlfriend and bit her fingernails.

Miss Bleakley is no stranger to having her love life conducted in the glare of the public eye.

She was previously in a long-term relationship with Irish businessman Mark Beirne, but when they split up last year, he complained that her former One Show host Adrian Chiles had been the 'third person' in their affair.


Kiss me quick: The pair can't stop kissing as they enjoy being together after Frank's brief period in South Africa


Bikini check: Christine has a quick peek to check all is in place as she and Frank chill out on board their love boat


Miss Bleakley and Chiles, who is divorced from radio presenter Jane Garvey, have always laughed off any rumours or romance.

But considering they will be reunited on ITVs new breakfast show in September, their infamous on-screen chemistry is bound to come under the spotlight once again.

For Lampard, this is the first serious relationship he has had since a bitter break-up with Elen Rives, the mother of his two young daughters, Luna, four, and three-year-old Isla, in February 2009.


Here we go, here we go, here we go: Frank tries to impress Christine with a huge leap


Small scale: Lampard didn't go for a huge white yacht preferring a small speedboat for their afternoon of fun

Miss Rives, 35, famously broke down at a London nightclub and wept that Lampard was ‘so heartless.’
She said that she still loved the footballer, but admitted: ‘He's moved on and is seeing other girls.
'I text him to tell him I'm not coping, but he doesn't care. I cry to him on the phone but I get nothing from him. No emotion, just blank. He's a b*****d.'

She also accused Lampard of turning their £8.5 family home into a ‘bachelor pad’, while she lived with their girls in a flat.


A beautiful boat for two: Frank watches as Christine takes a dive off the back


Give her a hand Frank! Christine hauls herself on the boat while Frank adjusts his swimming shorts


Her comments led Lampard to hit back, saying: ‘Every penny I earn, every yard I run on the football pitch is for my kids. I'm buying them a house which is of equal living standard, if not more, to mine."

The former air hostess now lives with their daughters in a £3 million home in Chelsea Harbour bought by Lampard.

Despite everything, Miss Rives claimed in April: ‘I’m so over Frank, I’m not in love with him any more.’


Careful Christine! The presenter adjusts her bikini top to make sure it's not exposing a bit too much


Look at that arm strength! Christine uses her strength to push herself back up onto the boat


source: dailymail