Britain’s biggest family are celebrating the arrival of their newest member this week.
Phoebe Willow was born to Noel and Sue Radford from Morecambe, Lancashire on Sunday, joining an incredible 18 siblings.
Delighted mum Sue (41) told The Sun that the new addition may not be the youngest of the Radford clan for long:
“Phoebe is so beautiful and I am happy to have her here safely for now — but never say never.
“Our friends and family keep saying I should have one more child to get an even number, rounding the family off at 20.
“I can’t rule it out. At the moment I am happy to have Phoebe with us. She is healthy and a little stunner. We are over the moon to have her here.
“The rest of the kids are lining up to have a cuddle with her. I find it easy to run the family because they muck in so much.”
Sue found out she was pregnant with her eldest child Chris when she was just 14 years-old. The couple, who had both been adopted at birth themselves, decided to rise to the parenting challenge, moving into their first home together and getting married a few years later when Sue was 17.
Baby number two, Sophie, followed soon after the wedding followed by Chloe, now 21, Jack, 19, Daniel, 17, Luke, 15, Millie, 14, Katie, 13, James, 12, Ellie, 11, Aimee, ten, Josh, nine, Max, seven, Tillie, six, Oscar, four, Casper, three and Hallie, who is 13 months-old.
The family, which starred in the Channel Four documentary 18 Kids And Counting, run a successful bakery and live in a ten-bedroom Victorian property. Thanks to their hard work and 5am starts, Sue and Noel do not need to claim benefits.
They even manage to take their brood on a foreign holiday every year – which is a much needed break for Sue, who regularly prepares four chickens for the average Sunday dinner, pours out 18 pints of milk a day, butters three loaves of bread and fries up 60 sausages per meal.
Images: The Radford Family
