Maura Higgins and boyfriend Chris Taylor enjoy a trip to the desert in Dubai

They’ve been having fun with a romantic vacation to Dubai after not too long ago confirming they’re an merchandise after months of hypothesis.

And Maura Higgins and Chris Taylor seemed each inch the joyful couple as they shared a sequence of snaps from their journey taken within the desert with a camel.

The previous Love Island stars shared the images on Saturday after Maura’s ex Curtis Pritchard not too long ago hit out at their romance. 

The Irish magnificence, 30, seemed beautiful in a beige shirt whereas she additionally sported a patterned bandanna and wore her brunette locks in a poker straight type.

Maura pretended to lean in to the camel to offer him a kiss, with Chris, 30, jokingly commenting on the submit: ‘Cuckolded by a camel. Certain to occur, he was extremely charming’. 

The couple’s shut good friend and fellow Love Islander Molly-Mae Hague admitted she was jealous of the pair’s journey, writing: ‘Child camel on the mattress at residence is unhappy seeing this’. 

Chris shared a photograph of himself wrapping his arm round Maura as he instructed how the camel’s title is ‘Reginald’. 

Trisha Goddard, who Maura competed with on Dancing On Ice, commented on the photograph and joked: ‘I’m guessing there’s been loads of humping on this vacation…’ 

Maura took to her Instagram Tales on Sunday and shared a photograph of her and Chris taken throughout her latest birthday celebration in Dubai.

The couple wrapped their arms round one another as they posed on the balcony of WHITE nightclub.  

It comes after Curtis Pritchard lashed out at ex-girlfriend Maura and his ‘shut’ good friend Chris after studying of their new romance.

The dancer, 24, dated Maura for seven months after assembly her on the 2019 sequence of Love Island, the place Chris was additionally a contestant. 

And whereas his romance with Maura got here to an finish in March, he has now revealed that he feels ‘damage’ and ‘betrayed’ after she shared information that she’s now moved on to begin courting Chris. 

Chatting with The Solar, he stated: ‘I really feel betrayed by them each — two individuals I used to be very near. After I noticed the images, I’d be mendacity if I stated I didn’t really feel damage. I used to be upset. How lengthy has this really been occurring for?’

Denying as soon as once more that he was ever untrue throughout his time with Maura, Curtis went on to recommend that Chris was ready within the wings for the prospect up to now Maura. 

He defined: ‘When you look again on all the things — and I’m trying again on it now — I’m like, “Curtis, all of the indicators have been bloomin’ there, why didn’t you realise then?” 

‘You simply don’t when you find yourself in that state of affairs. You belief what they are saying. Now her true colors are proven. They stated they might by no means ever be collectively, and right here they’re.’

Curtis added that he was significantly damage by Chris as a result of he ‘supported’ and was ‘a very good individual’ to him throughout their time collectively within the Love Island villa.

MailOnline has contacted representatives for Maura and Chris for remark.

Curtis’ interview comes days after Maura and Chris confirmed they’re an merchandise, following months of hypothesis.

The erstwhile Love Island stars took to Instagram on Tuesday evening to submit equivalent loved-up snaps, taken by the pool in Dubai.

Maura, who celebrated her birthday this week, and Chris gazed lovingly at one another within the photograph, smiling contently, with Maura captioning her submit: ‘He is mine!’

Chris adopted go well with, writing: ‘Seems I fell in love with my greatest mate!’

This was met with candy replies from fellow Love Island contestants resembling Michael Griffiths and Ellie Brown, who appeared to already be in on the key.

Laura Anderson additionally chimed in, added: ‘Why am I crying? #bestnewsever’

TOWIE’s Gemma Collins additionally commented on the snap, writing: ‘I’m so joyful for you.’

The beloved up pair seemed the image of happiness – Maura in a champagne satin mini-dress and Chris in his trademark jazzy shirt and ripped skinny denims.

Maura and Chris have fuelled rumours for months with their shut friendship however denied they have been an merchandise way back to July.

They first precipitated tongues to begin wagging after making enjoyable TikToks collectively, getting cosy over video games of Tornado, occurring nights out and carrying each other’s dressing robes.

However Chris – who was coupled up with Harley Brash on the present – and Maura continually denied the rumours within the months following her break up from Curtis.

When it was put to them that they’d make the right couple Chris replied: ‘Yeah, probably. We have by no means actually thought of it like that, we’re simply tremendous shut mates.

‘We care about one another, we glance out for one another, we mainly bully one another.’

Beforehand talking to MailOnline, Maura insisted that her relationship with Chris is strictly platonic.

She continued: ‘Chris is one among my greatest buddies. Lots of people have stated we’re courting nevertheless it’s solely as a result of we get on so nicely.

‘We click on and have the identical banter. We bought on so nicely within the villa however I do not suppose our friendship was proven in any respect.

‘Lots of people assumed we bought pleasant outdoors of the present however that wasn’t the case – we clicked immediately.’

However they have been the centre of extra hypothesis after the buddies appeared on Love Island: What Occurred subsequent final month.

Talking throughout a confessional, Maura admitted she usually will get requested about their relationship, and stated: ‘I get so many messages about me and Chris!’

Chris added: ‘We get on rather well, related personalities and banter… I feel discovering somebody you may be your self with is de facto uncommon.’

Whereas the previous grid lady joked: ‘Some day we may be buddies with advantages, who is aware of!’