Coleen Rooney shares sweet throwback holiday snap cuddling her beloved late sister Rosie

Coleen Rooney shared a throwback photo of herself cuddling her beloved late sister Rosie in the pool on Instagram on Monday. 

The WAG, 34, captioned the snap, which showed a younger Coleen and her mother Colette swimming with Rosie on a family holiday, with an angel and pink emojis.   

Rosie lost her battle with Rett Syndrome, a rare brain disorder that causes severe disabilities, in January 2013 at the age of 14.

Back in February, Coleen honoured the memory of Rosie on what would have been her 22nd birthday. 

In her tribute, the mother-of-four wrote: ‘Happy Birthday to our Rosie. We love and miss you so much Ro ❤️.’ 

Coleen also recently shared sweet memories of her adopted sibling as she marked seven years since she passed away.

The Scouse beauty captioned the set of family-filled photographs: ‘7 years…….Keep shining Ro xxxxx’ followed by a heart emoji.

Coleen idolised her sister and chose Rosie as chief bridesmaid when she married Wayne in 2008.

Rosie was originally taken in as a foster child by Coleen’s parents, bricklayer Tony and Colette, a former nursery nurse, when she was two. Although they were aware she was disabled they did not know the full extent of her condition, which has no cure.

In an exclusive article for The Mail on Sunday in 2006, Coleen wrote: ‘When Rosie arrived she could crawl, and even though she couldn’t use her hands that much she would handle toys on her play mat and she could eat. 

‘But over a period of time she stopped crawling and lost what use of her hands she had. Then she started having problems swallowing her food.

‘It took pretty much a year for Rosie to be diagnosed and, looking back, I can see how much Mum pushed to find out what was wrong with her and to try to do what was best for her.’

In a statement released shortly after her death, Tony and Colette wrote: ‘Sadly our special angel Rosie, our much-loved daughter and sister, went to Heaven at 2.50 this morning at home where she was surrounded by her loving family.

‘Rosie was just 14 years old and fought a lifelong battle with Rett syndrome. Throughout her life she brought so much love and happiness to all our family and everyone who knew and met her.

‘She was such a strong little girl and an inspiration to us all. We shall cherish for ever the memories we have shared and the love she showed us each and every day of her life. As a family we are heartbroken but we are blessed to have had her in our lives.’