Coleen Rooney ‘never believed’ Wagatha Christie case should have gone to court

The wife of former England footballer Wayne Rooney publicly claimed Rebekah Vardy’s account was the source behind three stories in The Sun newspaper featuring fake details she had posted on her private Instagram stories

Rebekah Vardy has lost the High Court libel case she brought against Coleen Rooney (James Manning/PA)

Coleen Rooney has welcomed her victory in the “Wagatha Christie” High Court case brought by Rebekah Vardy but added that she “never believed it should have gone to court” and that “it was not a case I ever sought or wanted”.

In a social media post that went viral in October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a months-long “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press.