Holly Willoughby shares rare snap of daughter Belle on her eighth birthday

The This Morning presenter usually chooses to keep her children out of the spotlight 
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Holly Willoughby shared a rare photo of her daughter Belle as she marked her eighth birthday.

The This Morning presenter gave her Instagram followers a sweet insight into her family’s birthday celebrations as she posted a photo of the youngster walking on a sandy beach, looking at a rainbow in the distance.

“And then like that she was 8… happy birthday beautiful Belle… keep following that rainbow… love you so so much xxx,” she captioned the post.

The TV star’s famous friends commented with birthday messages, with her close pal Emma Bunton writing: “Happy birthday lovely little lady!”

Davina McCall wrote “Happy birthday belle!!!” while Willoughby’s This Morning colleague Rochelle Humes posted a string of heart emojis below the snap.

The 38-year-old, who also shares Harry (nine) and Chester (four) with husband Dan Baldwin, seldom posts photos of her children. When she does, the presenter chooses to keep their faces hidden.

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Discussing her children’s interests in an interview with Hello! in 2017, Willoughby revealed that she will “encourage [the children] to go in whatever direction they want” in the future.

“Harry’s football mad,” she told the magazine. “He’s as bad as his father and Belle wants to be a rainbow. She’s a mix of complete tomboy and real girl. She keeps up with her brothers like you wouldn’t believe but loves dressing up as a princess and thinks, ‘Why wear one hairclip when I could wear all the hairclips I own in my hair?’”

Last year, the star opened up about the possibility of expanding her family, telling The Telegraph’s Stella magazine that she is “always broody."

“Part of me wants another baby but part of me thinks that’s not a good enough reason,” she said. “Would it make the kids all have to grow up that bit more because there was a new baby in the house? I don’t want to put that on them.

“I’ve almost decided not to – but not quite.”

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