This Morning star gives birth to her second child and reveals adorable name. (Image: ITV)
Mollie King has welcomed a little girl with her partner Stuart Broad and shared the adorable name the pair have chosen for her.
star, Radio One host and former The Saturdays songstress Mollie couldn’t be happier, taking to to share the news. “Welcome to the world beautiful baby Liliana. We are bursting with happiness!” she exclaimed.
“You are the most perfect Christmas gift our little family could have ever wished for.” She was flooded with messages from well-wishers from fellow celebrities, including , who told her: “Many congrats!”
Giovanna Fletcher chimed in: “So happy for you all!” Then celebrity gossip columnist Perez Hilton agreed: “What a blessing!”
Little Liliana joins elder daughter Annabella, who arrived two years earlier in tragic circumstances. Poignantly, when she was just a few days old, her grandfather Stephen – Mollie’s dad – died from a brain tumour.
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Around 12,000 Brits are diagnosed with brain tumours every day, while 5,300 lose their lives as a result.
Just 12 percent of those with a cancerous tumour are still alive five years after their diagnosis.
Mollie posted a poignant tribute to her dad’s bravery and strength of character at the time, detailing how fortunate she felt that he and her daughter had the chance to meet, albeit briefly.
Addressing him, she exclaimed: “You even held on a few extra days to meet baby Annabella!”
Mollie King and Stuart now have two daughters. (Image: Getty)
Thanking him for being there at “every step” of her pregnancy, she praised: “You gave us your everything. You will be in our hearts and memories every single day”.
Later, in her dad’s memory, she raised money for Comic Relief via a hugely ambitious 500km cycle ride across England.
She admitted on Radio One just how “incredibly nervous” she’d been, while also admitting the strenuous exercise had been “brutal” on her muscles.
Then last summer, she announced her pregnancy with Liliana, and was thrilled that “our baby girl is going to become a big sister”.
The moment has now finally arrived – and the circumstances are far less tragic this time, leaving the Radio One star over the moon.