{"id":9018,"date":"2026-11-04T15:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/watkins-wife-flees-saudi-arabia-for-uk-with-children-amid-deadly-missile-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T15:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:15:58","slug":"watkins-wife-flees-saudi-arabia-for-uk-with-children-amid-deadly-missile-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/watkins-wife-flees-saudi-arabia-for-uk-with-children-amid-deadly-missile-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Watkins&#8217; Wife Flees Saudi Arabia For UK With Children Amid Deadly Missile Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ellie Watkins, wife of England international striker Ollie Watkins, has returned to the United Kingdom with their two children to seek safety and stability following a series of deadly missile attacks in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The family had moved to Riyadh over the summer following Watkins\u2019 \u00a351 million transfer from Aston Villa to Al-Hilal, but recent security concerns have disrupted their stay indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/ex-super-eagles-striker-anichebe-set-to-complete-takeover-of-english-club\/\">Ex-Super Eagles Striker Anichebe Set To Complete Takeover Of English Club<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sudden evacuation follows a sharp escalation in regional conflict, including a Houthi missile strike on Riyadh\u2019s primary airport that left 13 dead, as well as an attack at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam that killed two people.<\/p>\n<p>Major transit hubs across the country have since operated on reduced flight schedules as authorities respond to the security threat.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing an update on TikTok, the 30-year-old mother of two confirmed she had brought five-year-old Amara and three-year-old Marley back to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a bit of a plot twist,\u201d Ellie explained.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/caf-awards-2026-osimhen-lookman-missing-from-mens-player-of-the-year-shortlist\/\">CAF Awards 2026: Osimhen, Lookman Missing From Men\u2019s Player Of The Year Shortlist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have come back to the UK for, hopefully, a little bit. I don\u2019t actually know when. There\u2019s just a little bit of conflict and things going on over in Saudi and we basically decided just to stay here until it calms down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Ollie Watkins remains in Saudi Arabia to fulfill his commitments with Al-Hilal, Ellie emphasized that her primary focus was restoring routine for their young family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I needed to do that for the kids so there is some form of normality until we can get back out there and all be together,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellie Watkins, wife of England international striker Ollie Watkins, has returned to the United Kingdom with their two children to seek safety and stability following a series of deadly missile&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}