‘For every penny': Holly Valance, Nick Candy divorce gets messy
The Aussie, 42, has told friends that she feels like the injured party in the break-up from the 52-year-old because it was not on her terms.
It comes a week after The Sun revealed ex-Neighbours star Holly and British property magnate and Reform UK treasurer Nick had ended their 14-year marriage.
'Holly is incredibly upset. Her main concern is, and always will be, for their two daughters,' a source said.
'But when it comes to the divorce, she's made it clear she wants what she's owed and will take Nick for every penny. She insists that she is the injured party in this.'
It is understood the pair signed a pre-nuptial agreement before they tied in the knot in 2012 in a lavish £3 million ($6.2m) wedding.
The source added: 'It's been a very painful time for Holly and she has told friends that the split was not on her terms.
'Given the circumstances, it feels as if there could be some room to manoeuvre.
'Whatever the sum ends up being, it will be in the tens of millions of pounds.'
Holly, whose 2002 debut album produced three Top Ten hits, was this week seen for the first time since the news of the split broke.
She was not wearing her engagement or wedding ring when she got off a flight at London's Heathrow.
A spokesman for the couple confirmed they were divorcing, adding: 'This is a private matter. We won't be making any further comment.'
Last night a friend of Nick added: 'Nick is a very decent guy and he will always do right by Holly and their children.'
The pair were last photographed together in March going for lunch in London.
They met in 2009 and Nick proposed two years later in the Maldives.
They married in California in front of 300 guests, including Simon Cowell.
Holly found fame on Aussie TV soap Neighbours as Felicity 'Flick' Scully before launching her pop career.
Nick started his property business with brother Christian in the early 1990s while working in advertising.
They now have a vast portfolio, including One Hyde Park in central London, which alone is worth more than £1 billion ($A2.1bn).
Last year, Nick announced he had given up his Tory Party membership in favour of Reform and was appointed its treasurer in December.
Holly has also become an high-profile figure in right-wing politics — visiting Donald Trump in the US in 2022 with Nick and Reform leader Nigel Farage.
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