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Spencer Matthews paid a heartfelt tribute to late brother Michael on what would have been his 46th birthday on Monday.
Michael Matthews died aged 22 in 1999 while climbing the highest mountain on Earth, after becoming the youngest Briton to reach the summit.
Spencer, who recreated his Her older brother’s footsteps on a mission to find her body for their Finding Michael movie with Disney+ last year were taken to Instagram to mark the occasion.
Alongside a black and white photograph of his brother, he wrote: ‘Today would have been my brother Michael’s birthday. “He was an adventurous soul, full of heart and bravery.”
‘We miss him. I hope my children inherit parts of your kind and beautiful nature. I love you Mike, wherever you are.”
Spencer Matthews paid a heartfelt tribute to late brother Michael on what would have been his 46th birthday on Monday.
Spencer said she hoped her own children would inherit their older brother’s “kind and beautiful nature.”
Spencer shares Theodore, five, Gigi, three and Otto, two, with his wife Vogue Williams.
Last year, the Made In Chelsea star shared a sweet photo of her son Otto, who bore a striking resemblance to his late brother Michael, of the same age.
On Instagram, she posted the image of her youngest son alongside a photo of Michael when he was around 12 months old.
Along with the snapshot Spencer wrote: “Mike and Otto at similar ages…
‘Aside from Otto’s bigger mouth (which he obviously got from Vogue), I’d say they’re pretty similar!
“I already feel that our children have some of his kind and adventurous nature.”
Michael’s body has never been recovered and his family has never been able to fully understand what happened to him.
Finding Michael, now streaming on Disney+, follows Spencer’s emotional quest to find her late brother’s body with adventurer Bear Grylls and record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja.
Siblings: The TV personality was 10 when Michael (left with his brother James) tragically died while climbing the highest mountain on Earth, after becoming the youngest Briton to reach the summit.
Spencer shares Theodore, five, Gigi, three, and Otto, two, with wife Vogue Williams.
Last year, the Made In Chelsea star shared a sweet photo of her son Otto (right) bearing a striking resemblance to his late brother Michael (left) of the same age.
During the film, Spencer, who was just 10 years old when her brother died, set out on a “heartbreaking” mission to climb Everest to find her brother’s body, retracing the “exact steps” her brother took when he died.
Speaking on The One Show, Spencer said: “When Michael went missing, by the time some people realized he was missing, it was too late. Nobody really survives the night. Maybe a couple of cases.
Michael is said to have gotten into trouble after he began descending south through the “death zone” on May 13, 1999, after spending about 20 minutes at the summit.
He was also the brother of Pippa Middleton’s husband, racing driver turned hedge fund manager James Matthews, 47.
The experienced mountaineer, who had previously conquered Aconcagua, the Pyrenees and the Swiss Alps, was the 162nd person to die on Everest.
Spencer retraced her older brother’s footsteps on a mission to find his body for her Finding Michael movie with Disney+ last year (pictured)