Inside Take Thats Howard Donalds life – rarely-seen daughter to colourful £4.4m home

Howard Donald may perform to thousands of people as one third of chart-toppers Take That, but he lives a much quieter family life away from the spotlight.

The fifty five year old singer is a proud dad to two sons, Bowie Taylan, seven, and Dougie Bear, six, whom he shares with his wife, illustrator Katie Halil. The couple met on the set of a Marks and Spencer Christmas advert and tied the knot in 2015.

Howard also has two grown-up daughters, Grace and Lola, from previous relationships. He recently shared a rare glimpse of his daughter Grace on Instagram, showing her looking radiant in a vintage dress on a London roof terrace, as well as pic of her graduating, on Twitter. Lola moved from Germany to live with Howard and Katie when she was 15.

The family resides in a colourful Kensington home, which Howard jokingly describes as looking like "a rainbow has puked up" in it.

The £4.4 million four-storey London townhouse offers stunning views of a typical London street, lined with traditional redbrick homes and trees.

Katie, who runs her own decor and design company called What Katie Drew, has styled the living room in a more neutral design, featuring a comfy tan corner sofa and a shaggy cream rug.

There's also an original fireplace that has been distressed to create a vintage style.

Howard – who was forced to apologise after 'liking derogatory LGBTQ+ social media posts' – has previously given fans a glimpse into his home life, sharing the "trials and tribulations of marriage", and revealing that having kids had been "truly testing".

In a heartfelt Instagram post, he wrote: "We weather through the storm together and try to keep each other warm from the elements and through this sleepless period in our lives."

The singer's fans praised him for his honesty and romanticism in his post, and shared that he tells Katie he loves her every day.

Howard has confessed to feeling 'a hell of a lot of guilt' for leaving his ex-partners to care for their children.

Speaking on Dave Berry's Dadpod podcast, he said: "I hold a lot of guilt. I hold a hell of a lot of guilt for leaving my ex-partners and leaving my child for them to look after."

Despite his feelings of guilt, Howard explained that he has always made an effort to support his children.

The Masked Dancer star also confessed that having young children is physically demanding at his age. He shared a funny moment on Instagram where he was seen pedalling an old-fashioned exercise bike in a garage.

He openly admitted that he's not as fit as he should be and has 'struggled' with being a dad again in his 50s.

Describing the care of his young sons as "physically and mentally draining", he advised against anyone having kids later in life.

However, appearing on The Masked Dancer gave him a fitness challenge and a chance to shake things up.

Howard told Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield on This Morning: "When I first got asked it was one of those things where I thought, 'I don't really feel comfortable with that.'

''But then I thought I like doing things I don't feel comfortable with. It was a massive challenge, putting yourself into the deep end really. And obviously through boredom and obviously to get away from the kids!"

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