Dan Osborne pines for his girls with throwback snap amid Jacqueline Jossa 'split'

Dan Osborne was left longing for his daughters Ella and Mia in the late hours.

The former TOWIE star, 28, shared a throwback picture of his girls in the early hours of Monday morning while he was led awake.

Dad-of-three Dan remained holed up at the family home with his son Teddy from a previous romance as his estranged wife Jacqueline Jossa, 27, took their two daughters with her.

Jac has reportedly moved into a new home, rather than choosing to stay with her parents amid the troubled times with her estranged husband.

Lockdown was reported to have become "unworkable" for the couple but Jacqueline has insisted there won't be a divorce and she just "needs some time".

Dan proudly posted the pictures of his smiling little girls cuddling on the sofa at their home.

He wrote: "Sisters. Best friends."

Dan added two sparkling heart emojis to the caption.

No doubt the former reality star had a lot of time to think about his family following the split.

The former CelebrityBig Brother star has continued to update followers but he has yet to speak out on his wife Jac leaving him.

Meanwhile, Jac reassured her followers she needed time away from Dan as she insisted there was "no split, no divorce".

The mother-of-two shared the couple were "working together" to make their three-year marriage work.

She wrote: "I need some time. There is no split. There is no divorce.

"We are working together not against each other. Change your headlines please. Thanks."

Dan and Jac's love story spans seven years after sparks started flying when they started dating in 2013 and now they have two children together.

The couple were wed in 2017 and they have been married for three years.

Their romance has been plagued by rumours Dan has cheated on Jac - something he has always vehemently denied.

They were hit with claims Dan had a threesome with his Celebrity Big Brother co-stars Chloe Ayling and Natalie Nunn.

Also the former TOWIE star faced claims he snogged Love Island's Alexandra Cane on a night out last year.

Rumours Dan had an affair with Gabby Allen resurfaced when the Love Island star's ex-boyfriend Myles Stephenson crossed paths with Jac in the jungle.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here winner Jac said she wanted to hit "reset" on their marriage.

She told Lorraine at the time: "This isn’t new for me.

"It got brought up again because of Myles but at the same time, I was glad it made me think about it, I didn’t have a choice but to think about it... but it helped me.

"I want to hit a restart button. It’s been two years of me basically giving him hell and it’s not like he’s got away lightly at all. He knows he’s done wrong, he knows he’s done a lot wrong."