Girls Aloud beauty Kimberley Walsh doesn't feel under any "pressure" to walk down the aisle with her long-term beau.

The stunning star has been in a relationship with Justin Scott for almost a decade and their romance has gone from strength-to-strength.

Walsh doesn't feel any pressure to tie the knot though, and is enjoying the current state of her relationship.

She explained to Cosmopolitan magazine: ''I've had [people ask] for a long time, since I was about 25. In this industry, people assume that if you're together more than a year then you're going to get married.

She added: ''But we don't take on the pressure of the outside world; we know where we're at in our relationship. Besides, I think being together nine years is almost a marriage in itself."

Although Walsh admits the pair are very comfortable around each other, she says it's still important to make effort.

She continued: ''We're both quite chilled out. We like watching the same things and doing the same things - we're very compatible. We don't clash over stuff and we don't really argue. It's just a dynamic that's worked for so long that I don't even think about it anymore.

We still have to make an effort. I think in any long-term relationship you have to take time to show that you're not taking each other for granted. But we do that in small, thoughtful ways, like letting the other know we're thinking of them, and trying to make each other's lives better and easier.''