Ashlyn Castro has shared new sun-kissed beach photos on Instagram while keeping her relationship with Jude Bellingham mostly out of sight, even as Real Madrid head into Sunday needing only to avoid defeat to clinch back-to-back La Liga titles.
Castro, 28, has more than 650,000 followers on the platform and has built a profile that includes work with fashion brands such as PrettyLittleThing and the launch of her own modelling agency, The Four Models. She and Bellingham, 23, first went public with their relationship in January 2025, though the pair rarely post each other online.
That public restraint has only made the moments they do share stand out more. In one post, Castro called Bellingham the best karaoke partner, and in another she wrote that he was the “Most thoughtful, kind hearted, hard working, incredible human I’ve ever met. You bring so much light into this world.”
The couple’s link to Real Madrid has also been visible off the pitch. Last season, Castro was spotted speaking with Denise Bellingham and Mark Bellingham in the club’s family box, a reminder that the relationship has settled into the edges of one of Europe’s biggest football institutions without ever becoming a full-time social media fixture.
That quiet backdrop sits beside a louder week for the club. Reports from RMC Sport said Bellingham was involved in a verbal confrontation with Kylian Mbappe at half-time during a La Liga match in February, while Federico Valverde was hospitalised after a training ground bust-up with Aurelien Tchouameni on Thursday.
Valverde said he hit his head on a table and suffered a cut during the disagreement, and Real Madrid later announced that disciplinary proceedings had been launched against both him and Tchouameni. Valverde has since been ruled out of the El Clasico this weekend, leaving the squad to manage a public title push alongside signs of strain behind the scenes.
For Madrid, the equation is simple: avoid defeat on Sunday and they are champions again. For Bellingham, the day brings both the chance to secure another title and the shadow of a dressing room that has not looked entirely at ease, even while Castro continues to keep their private life largely private.
