COMMENT
CHRISTINE McGUINNESS
MODEL MUM AND CHILDREN’S CAMPAIGNER
ON HOW LIFE WITH AUTISM AFFECTS THE WHOLE FAMILY — AT HOME AND AWAY
AS TOLD TO SALLY MORGAN. PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES. JAMES RUDLAND. PADDY & CHRISTINE McGUINNESS
Author, model and TV presenter Christine McGuinness, 33, has autism, as do her children – Leo and Penelope, eight, and Felicity, six. She is married to Top Gear host Paddy McGuinness, 48, and talks to hello! ahead of World Autism Awareness Day on 2 April.
Christine and Paddy with twins Leo and Penelope, eight, and six-year-old Felicity. The TV personality couple on a night out
‘There’s often a genetic link —I saw so much of my younger self in the children’