Kate Ferdinand has marked eight years since she met her husband Rio as she shared a touching snap of the couple together.
The former TOWIE star, 33, and the former footballer, 46, met in 2016 through mutual friends while they were both on holiday in Dubai.
The couple are now back in the UAE to ring in the year 2025 and Kate shares a cozy photo of the couple enjoying a night out.
Along with the publication, he wrote: ‘Rio and I met 8 years ago yesterday.
‘Who would have thought that, fast forward to now, we would be back where we met, married, with 2 more beautiful children, 5 in total?’
‘It’s crazy to think that with a chance meeting and so many obstacles along the way we would be ready to welcome the new year as a family of 7 (the only thing missing is our Lorenz).
Kate Ferdinand has marked eight years since she met her husband Rio and shared a touching snap of the couple together.
The former TOWIE star, 33, and the former footballer, 46, met in 2016 through mutual friends while they were both on holiday in Dubai.
‘Entering 2025 feeling very grateful and excited for what is to come ‘.
Kate and her husband Rio, who married in 2019, are parents to Cree, who was born in December 2020, and daughter Shae, who was born last year via C-section.
She is also stepmother to his three children, Lorenz, 18, Tate, 15, and Tia, 13, from his previous marriage to Rebecca Ellison, who died in 2015.
In November, three-year-old Cree was rushed to hospital with a horrific injury during a family trip to the Maldives.
Former TOWIE star Kate shared the terrifying news on her Instagram as she posted a photo in the back of an ambulance with her little one – but did not say how he had been injured.
She wrote at the top: ‘We ended a fabulous trip with a broken collarbone. My son always gets hurt!!
“Since then they have spent sleepless nights, hugs, television and chocolate.”
The podcaster told how the terrifying incident occurred at the end of their “fabulous trip” and said Cree “always gets hurt.”
Kate and Rio are parents to Cree, who was born in December 2020, and daughter Shae, while she is also stepmother to their three children, Lorenz, 18, Tate, 15, and Tia, 13.
Kate recently shared some of her happiest Christmas moments while posting a sweet family photo album on Instagram.
Kate has been candidly open about her struggle to adapt to a blended family, admitting that she “overthinks” her actions when it comes to caring for her stepchildren.
He said since the injury they have been dealing with “sleepless nights” as he recovers.
Kate has been open about her struggle to adapt to a blended family, admitting that she “overthinks” her actions when it comes to caring for her stepchildren.
During an appearance on Virgin Radio, he explained: ‘My family is very tolerant. They love me. It has nothing to do with them. I will always feel a little worried and it will be a little difficult. I don’t think the box is ever completely checked.
‘I think I can sometimes mistake them for teenagers who don’t listen. I start thinking, ‘Oh my God, is it me? Is it because I’m his stepmother?
“And every once in a while I have to sit back and say, ‘They’re teenagers and this is what teenagers do.'” But you can be a little more sensitive.