'MY DAUGHTER IS MY WORLD'

Model and fashion influencer Roxy Horner on balancing toddler tantrums and the prospect of wedding bells as she adapts to life with Type 1 diabetes

- SOPHIE HAMILTON

As a model and fashion influencer, Roxy Horner has taken on multiple glamorous assignments, working with brands from Victoria's Secret to Max Factor and Coco de Mer, as well as starring in a Duran Duran music video.

However, in her home life the 34-year-old fiancée of the comedian Jack Whitehall faces the same struggles as every other first-time mother.

"My toddler has just got to that stage where she's having quite horrific tantrums," Roxy tells HELLO! in this exclusive interview. "So that's really fun!"

Indeed, this morning Roxy is busy "solo parenting" her 22-month-old daughter, Elsie, while Jack, 36, is away filming a TV show in Los Angeles – and it seems that the terrible twos are certainly on their way.

"I'm in the midst of figuring it out," she says. "I try to distract her with: 'Look, there's a tree.' The other day, she had a full meltdown in the high street and neither my mum nor I could do anything for about an hour. We were like: 'Wow.'"

The family, who live in London's Notting Hill, are soon to be reunited. "Jack's flying back for my birthday, which is so sweet," Roxy says. "We're doing the long-distance thing [for now], so little things like that mean so much."

The busy star is now also working to raise awareness of Type 1 diabetes, having been diagnosed with the condition out of the blue in 2021. "I'd been feeling unwell for some time, but just thought I was being dramatic," she says.