Alexandra Burke sets her sights on HUGE challenge as she puts baby dream on hold with footballer fiancé Darren Randolph
The singer, 36, and her Middlesbrough goalkeeper fiancé, 37, are already parents to two children.
The couple, who got engaged last year, welcomed their first child together in July 2022 and their second in September the following year.
And while Alexandra has admitted she'd love to grow their family, it's not at the forefront of her mind just yet.
In a new interview, the star shared that she hopes to complete two marathons before trying for another baby.
She told the Mirror: 'Im going to do London next year and, by the grace of God, New York. And then think about more children.
I'm desperate for more – we'd love four – but we're good with whatever the universe gives us because we're very lucky to even have two.
'We'd love to try, but just not right now… we're fitness freaks at the minute. I'm loving work and enjoying just being a mum and an actress.'
Although a marathon demands immense focus and training, Alexandra is no stranger to challenges, having already conquered the London Landmarks Half Marathon earlier this year.
She ran to raise money for Tommy's charity, a UK organization that supports families.
It comes after Alexandra and Darren got engaged in September 2024 during a romantic candlelit dinner.
Alexandra has said that having their young family by her side made Darren's proposal even more special, as she also revealed the couple's hopes of having more children in the near future.
And three years, two children and an engagement later, the star has revealed how the couple first met after performing at Christmas in the Courtyard in aid of the Melissa Bell Foundation and Style For Stroke at the Rosewood Hotel, London.
Alexandra told MailOnline that the pair came across each other on a dating sight and after just two weeks the singer had decided he was the one for her.
She said: 'We never really talk about it, but we met on a dating site.
'I was on there for literally two weeks. I met Darren and came straight off. I lucked out, so I said I'm done, and I came off.'
But despite being so sure of Darren, the Bad Boys singer confessed the proposal came as a surprise.
She explained that although she had tried to drop some hints, she didn't think they'd been noticed.
The star said: 'I actually said it on Loose Women maybe a couple of months beforehand.
'I was hinting on TV, and he didn't take that very well, and he didn't have any reaction, so nothing occurred to me that this was going to happen.
'I'm just over the moon that I'm going to marry my best friend.'
And it wasn't just Alexandra who was over the moon, the Hallelujah singer revealed that her children were both pleased as well.
She added that her fiancé had made sure to include them in the sweet proposal.
While the performer confirmed she was excited about her upcoming nuptials, she candidly confessed that there would be some sadness as she wouldn't be able to share the moment with her mother Melissa Bell, who tragically passed away in 2017.
But Alexandra said her mother is still with her every day.
And with family life and the star's career, she said she hasn't even started to plan the moment she walks down the aisle and added that she's waiting for the right moment.
'If I'm completely honest, people are quite shocked that I haven't thought about it already.' she confessed.
'I haven't thought about anything because I haven't had a chance to. We're living in our gorgeous little bubble and loving that.
'I just think we'll plan it when the time is right.'
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