Made in Chelsea’s Ollie Locke welcomes twins with husband Gareth
Made in Chelsea stars Ollie and Gareth Locke have welcomed their twin babies into the world.
The couple, who revealed earlier this year that they were expecting twins via surrogate, announced the birth of their daughter Cosima Emily Bex and son Apollo Magnus Obi on Instagram today (August 20).
"We are so excited to announce that our beautiful twins are finally here and they are more precious than we could have ever imagined," Ollie wrote.
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He continued: "We’ve captured our journey to this point on our YouTube Channel; Our Daddy Diaries, for a first glimpse and the excitement leading up to them coming home with us – most importantly, their incredible and unique names that are just perfectly fitting for them both."
In the first episode of Our Daddy Diaries, Ollie revealed that the babies were actually born six weeks ago, though they were in neonatal intensive care for "quite a long time."
"It was something we didn't want to share until we had them safe, back home with us and all part of the family," Gareth added. "It is down to the amazing team in the neonatal units we've been in that means we've got the kids home now and the real daddying is about to begin."
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The couple also discussed their journey to parenthood in an interview with Hello!, where Ollie said: "Our little monkeys decided to be really strong. They wanted to come out early because they felt they were ready, and they were absolutely amazing. They needed a bit of help, but not as much as a lot of premature babies."
Revealing the meaning behind their son's unique name, Gareth said: "I always wanted to have as son and call him Apollo. My dad’s nickname for my mum [Margaret] is Maggie, so Magnus is the male version."
Their daughter's name means "chaos and beauty," while her middle names honour Ollie's close friend Emily Hartridge, who died in 2019, and the couple's surrogate, Bex Ward.
Made in Chelsea airs on E4.
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