Lottie Tomlinson puts on a busty display in a stunning red bikini as she kickstarts her family holiday in the Maldives with fiancé Lewis Burton and their two children
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Lottie Tomlinson flashed a hint of cleavage in a stunning red bikini and matching cover up as she posed for Instagram snaps in the Maldives on Saturday.
The influencer, 26, flashed incredible three month postpartum figure as she kickstarted her family holiday with her fiancé Lewis Burton and their two children.
Lottie began officially dating the former tennis player, 32, in August 2020 and the pair are now engaged and share two children Lucky, two, and Flossy, three months.
The family of four are staying at the luxury five-star St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort.
Lottie looked happier than ever as she soaked up the sun on her lavish beachfront hotel room.
It comes after Lottie admitted her relationship with Lewis 'never began as a fairy tale' after the pair began dating in the months following Caroline Flack's death.
Lottie Tomlinson, 26, flashed a hint of cleavage in a stunning red bikini and matching cover up as she posed for Instagram snaps in the Maldives on Saturday
The influencer flashed incredible three month postpartum figure as she kickstarted her family holiday with her fiancé Lewis Burton and their two children
However the early days of their relationship were not easy as they met in the wake of the TV presenters tragic death.
Caroline died by suicide in her London home, days before she was due to face trial for assaulting Lewis, who she had been in a relationship with for just over six months.
Writing in her biography Lucky Girl, Lottie opened up about how she and Lewis formed their relationship in the early days as she admitted it didn't begin in the 'traditional way'.
The pair first met in a club where Lottie revealed they had a 'brief chat and that was it, but I immediately thought he was handsome and knew that I fancied him straight away.'
The pair then met again 'properly through mutual friends.' She writes: 'Lewis and I instantly related to each other. We were going through similar situations as he'd recently experienced a tragic loss, and it felt natural to want to help him'.
It has been reported this meeting was at house party in May 2020 hosted by Lou Teasedale, who was a close friend of Caroline's as well as a friend of Lottie after they met while working on the X Factor.
Lottie then explained that it was months of back and forth before they officially began dating that summer.
She explained: 'Us coming together never began as a fairy tale. We focused on building a friendship first, and were there for each other through our shared experiences, but we also couldn't deny that we were attracted to each other.'
Lottie began officially dating the former tennis player, 32, in August 2020 and the pair are now engaged and share two children Lucky, two, and Flossy, three months
The family of four are staying at the luxury five-star St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort
It comes after Lottie admitted her relationship with Lewis 'never began as a fairy tale' after the pair began dating in the months following Caroline Flack 's death (pictured in November 2023)
Admitting the pair even considered calling it quits at times she continued: 'Because of the difficulty of Lewis' personal situation when we were first getting to know each other, the pressure would get to us.
'In fact, we had a few conversations around how much easier it would be to go our separate ways.'
'Every time we agreed not to speak to each other anymore, that magnetism between us always brought us back together. We couldn't keep away from each other, and in the end, we thought, let's just be together and make a go of it.'
At the time Lottie and Lewis faced criticism for their relationship after a source exclusively told MailOnline in July of that year: 'They have been meeting up in secret for weeks but their newfound friendship hasn't gone unnoticed by mutual pals.
'Not all of Caroline's friends are happy with how the situation appears to be developing but can understand that both Lottie and Lewis have been there for each other as a shoulder to cry on.'
Acknowledging the difficult challenges of the beginning of their relationship, Lottie writes: 'My relationship with Lewis never started off in a traditional way.
'The beginning was never light and fun and happy, and our circumstances had us skipping the honeymoon stage and going straight into some hard times.'
Lottie and Lewis met in grave circumstances after it was confirmed that Caroline took her own life after hearing she would definitely be prosecuted for assaulting her boyfriend, a coroner ruled.
Lottie and Lewis, 32, were officially dating by August 2020, just six months after Caroline died by suicide in her London home, days before she was due to face trial for assaulting Lewis
Lottie wrote in her book: 'Us coming together never began as a fairy tale. We focused on building a friendship first, and were there for each other through our shared experiences, but we also couldn't deny that we were attracted to each other' (pictured with their son Lucky, two)
She admitted they even considered calling it quits: 'Because of the difficulty of Lewis' personal situation when we were first getting to know each other, the pressure would get to us'
Caroline was arrested in the December before her death for assault and charged with attacking Lewis at her home in Islington.
While Lewis dropped his assault complaint against Caroline, prosecutors pursued it and the couple were told not to have any contact.
Discussing how the circumstances meant they then had to work through their grief together Lottie writes in her book: 'It made Lewis and I realise that we could deal with the big, scary things together, and we could deal with difficult emotions and feelings together, which only served to strengthen our bond.'
Publishing the book two years on from when the pair started dating after welcoming their first child and becoming engaged, she added: 'By this point, it's clear that we're not in a show relationship and I think people can see that'.
