Coleen smells sweet success - Julu 23 2007
He's full of bravado on the pitch, but Wayne Rooney has shown his sensitive side - by helping fiancee Coleen create her forthcoming perfume.

Rooney was a driving force behind Coleen McLoughlin's new signature scent, she told The Sun newspaper.

The 21-year-old WAG, who launched her perfume this month, said: "I went to France to test 50 different smells. I brought my favourite ones back and gave them to my family and Wayne to help me make a decision.

"Wayne was really a big help and he was even insisting on the one for me to choose. He loves playing with the perfumes."

Coleen has signed a deal with Robertet, one of the oldest perfume firms in France, and Fragrance and Beauty Ltd.

The ten-year deal for the fragrance, entitled Coleen X, and beauty products, could earn the celeb £10 million.

The 100ml bottle of fragrance is presented in a box bearing the signature of the famous footballing girlfriend, as well as a kiss.

It will be in shops nationwide from August, priced £19.95.


Keeping it in the Rooney family? - April 10 2007
Always being compared to your successful older sibling could start to get annoying - but Wayne Rooney’s brother and his girlfriend have apparently discovered that even just looking like the footballer and his fiancee Coleen could be a money-spinner.

Wayne’s brother Graham, 19, and Carly Gardiner, 17, who is Coleen’s cousin, are at the centre of a bidding war by companies in the lucrative celebrity doubles industry, according to the Sun.

"Graham is the spitting image of Wayne. People have struggled to tell them apart since they were young lads," a source told the paper. "Now Graham and Carly have been offered a small fortune for personal appearances. They could easily earn a living if they decided to make a go of it."

Apparently, interest was sparked by the couple’s appearance at Coleen’s 21st birthday party last month.

The paper reports that Graham, a boxer who used to play for Everton, has already started to cash in, reportedly earning £15,000 for a shot commercial in which he says: "Hello, I’m Graham - Wayne Rooney’s brother."

Wayne and Coleen ’to wed next year’ - Mar 19 2007
Wayne Rooney is "likely" to marry his childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin next summer, sources have revealed.

The England international is set to tie the knot with his long-term girlfriend in the summer of 2008.

No precise date has yet been fixed but the nuptials are likely to have to work around the national team’s fixtures in the Euro 2008 tournament.

The news follows the completion of a £1.5m deal with Hello! magazine earlier this month to exclusively cover the couple’s big day.

The staggering figure is thought to be the largest ever paid by a celebrity magazine to cover a wedding.

Contracts were completed around three weeks ago and the enormous sum also includes exclusive access to Coleen’s 21st birthday party to be held in the Wirral later this month. Both bashes will be lavish affairs with stringent security for the couple and their showbiz guests.

Details of Coleen’s birthday, expected to be held at Thornton Hall in two weeks’ time, emerged in the national press earlier this month.