Ryan Giggs, 50, and his pregnant girlfriend Zara Charles, 36, are seen together for the FIRST TIME since their baby news was revealed

Ryan Giggs and Zara Charles were seen together for the first time on Tuesday evening since it was announced that the couple are expecting a baby.

The couple snuck out the back door of the Tender Restaurant Launch Party in Manchester as they headed home early.

Zara, 36, kept it simple in an all-black ensemble as she wore a fitted black T-shirt and matching black wide-leg trousers.

The lingerie model and retired footballer, 50, who have been dating since 2021, are said to be expecting their first child together later this year.

While Zara walked the pair home, Ryan kept it casual and opted for a simple white T-shirt, black blazer and jeans.

The lingerie model and retired footballer, 50, who have been dating since 2021, are said to be expecting their first child together later this year

This will be Ryan’s third child as the football great already has a son, Zach, 17, and daughter, Libby, 19, from his 10-year marriage to Stacey Cooke, while Zara has a daughter from a previous marriage.

The baby is expected to arrive later in 2024, according to a source The sun: ‘Ryan and Zara are thrilled at the prospect of becoming parents again.

‘They have a very solid, loving relationship and are building a long-term future together.’

Insiders claim Ryan’s ex-wife Stacey – who divorced Ryan in 2017 – also gave her and their children the blessing.

A source told The Sun: ‘Ryan was nervous about what his children would think but they have gotten to know Zara over the years and really like her. They are happy because they know he is happy…

“But they joked that maybe he was having trouble with the early mornings and lack of sleep. Ryan and Zara are thrilled at the prospect of becoming parents again, they have a very solid, loving relationship and are building a long-term future together.”

Another source told the publication: “Stacey approves of Zara. She and Ryan have been through a lot, but they have moved on and she is only interested in him being happy because that makes him a good father to their children. There’s no animosity.’

Stacey and Ryan divorced in 2017 after it was revealed he had an eight-year affair with his brother’s wife, Natasha.

The couple snuck out the back door of the Tender Restaurant Launch Party in Manchester as they headed home early

Zara, 36, kept it simple in an all-black ensemble as she wore a fitted black T-shirt and matching black wide-leg trousers

The baby is expected to arrive later in 2024, and a source told The Sun: ‘Ryan and Zara are thrilled at the prospect of becoming parents again

Zara was seen driving the pair home after their night out

Zara looked radiant and wore her hair in loose curls

This will be Ryan’s third child as the football great already has a son, Zach, 17, and daughter, Libby, 19, from his 10-year marriage to Stacey Cooke, while Zara has a daughter from a previous marriage.

Members of his family cut ties with him when the news broke. His father said he was ‘ashamed’ of his son, while his brother Rhodri made headlines in a Paddy Power advert mocking the former Manchester United man.

The marriage survived the affair – as well as Ryan’s cheating with Big Brother star Imogen Thomas – but they split in 2016.

According to Leiper Gupta Family Lawyers, the divorce could have cost Ryan £20million, but the couple’s lawyers said they remained ‘firm friends’.

Ryan and Zara’s exciting news comes after the former footballer returned to work as director of football at Salford City, the club he co-owns, after being cleared of assaulting ex-girlfriend Kate Greville in 2023.

He was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm over an alleged headbutt against Katie, plus further charges of coercive or controlling behavior against her and common assault against her sister Emma.

But during a 10-minute hearing the prosecution offered no evidence and Judge Hilary Manley said: ‘I formally return verdicts of not guilty on each of the three charges.’

Chris Daw KC, defending Ryan, said his client is ‘deeply relieved that the prosecution has finally ended after almost three years of fighting to clear his name’, adding: ‘He has always been innocent to these charges – there have been many, many lies told about him in court.’

It was then revealed how the case began to fall apart when Katie said she did not want to testify due to the effects of the trial on her ‘mental and physical well-being’.

However, Ryan’s lawyers said he “did not believe” her reasoning and insisted the prosecution had been deterred by new information uncovered by the defense.

This included a cosmetic procedure in which lip fillers were applied on or around the day of the alleged headbutt and several days before she was pictured with apparently swollen and bruised lips as a result of the alleged attack.

Insiders claim Ryan’s ex-wife Stacey – who divorced Ryan in 2017 – also gave her the blessing, as well as their children (pictured Ryan’s daughter Libby, 19, and son Zach, 17, from his 10-year marriage to Stacey Cooke ( middle))