Former singer and Neighbours actress Holly Valance and Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy have reportedly split and are heading for divorce after 13 years of marriage.

Australian-born Valance, 42, and billionaire property developer Candy, 52, are said to have broken up in recent weeks, according to The Sun.

The couple, who have two daughters, met in 2009 and became engaged two years later. They married in California in 2012 at a ceremony attended by 300 guests.

“This has been a very difficult period for both Nick and Holly, and they are keeping things private out of respect for their family,” a family friend told the tabloid.

“The joint parenting of their two amazing daughters remains their top priority.

“They’ve had to juggle a demanding lifestyle. Between family, public life, and Nick’s intense work commitments, it’s been a tough balance.

“This is a family matter and they’re doing their best to handle things thoughtfully.

“Privacy is obviously very important to them both, so they can focus on what’s best for the family.”

A spokesman for Valance said there would be no comment.

“The privacy of all parties involved is respectfully requested.”

The couple are high-profile figures within Reform UK, and met Donald Trump with party leader Nigel Farage at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in 2022.

Valance earned the label “Tory poster girl” after giving a rare interview at a conservative political gathering in London in February 2024, under her married name.

“Have you always been a right-of-centre person? Are you conservative? Where are you, politically?” she was asked by GB News.

“I would say that everyone starts off as a leftie, then wakes up at some point, after you start either making money, working, trying to run a business, trying to buy a home … and then you realise what crap ideas they all are,” a smiling Valance said.

“Then you go to the right.”

She described former British PM Liz Truss, who lasted just 50 days in office in 2022, as “really, really interesting to listen to” and gave a shout out to Conservative Party politician Jacob Rees-Mogg.

“Jacob for PM,” she said.

Rees-Mogg lost his seat in parliament when the Labour Party swept to victory later in 2024.

After her stint in the Australian soap Neighbours – where she played Felicity ‘Flick’ Scully from 1999 – Valance had a music career, including the UK No.1 hit single Kiss Kiss released in 2002.

She also reached the semi-finals of Strictly Come Dancing in 2011.

-with AAP