Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson has welcomed twins with his husband Carl Hyland.
The actor, who has played Ste Hay on the soap for 10 years, posted a picture of two hospital wristbands with the names and times of birth of his children – Chase and Phoebe Rae.
Kieron and Carl revealed in December last year that they were expecting twins via a surrogate.
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Welcome Chase and phoebe rae x pic.twitter.com/GdVT8QI5ac
— Kieron Richardson (@MrkieronR) May 26, 2017
In a video shared on Instagram, they revealed their Christmas tree was decorated with “baby on board” signs, before they unveiled a sign that said “twins coming 2017″.
Along with the post, Kieron wrote: “Merry christmas to us thanks to the British surrogacy centre.”
The twins were born on May 22, with Chase at 6.11pm and Phoebe Rae shortly after at 6.34pm.
Former Hollyoaks actor Anthony Quinlan congratulated the pair, writing on Twitter: “Congrats to u both with your new little family x.”
The official Hollyoaks Twitter account also shared a message for the couple.
Congratulations to our @MrkieronR 💖 What beautiful news 👶🏻👶🏻 We can’t wait for the baby snuggles!!! https://t.co/EAWH9mneJJ
— Hollyoaks (@Hollyoaks) May 26, 2017
Kieron, who came out as gay in 2010, married Carl in 2015.