The mother of Britain’s largest family has said how ‘incredibly lucky’ she is after being gifted a Land Rover Discovery for her 46th birthday.
Bakery owner Noel Radford, 50, treated his wife Sue, 46, to a brand new luxury car worth upwards of £30,000 and the mother took to Instagram to show off her lavish gift.
The couple have 22 children, with 19 still living at their 10-bedroom home in Morecambe, Lancashire, and rely solely on Noel’s pie shop to fund their ever-growing brood.
Bakery owner Noel Radford, 50, treated his wife Sue, 45, to a brand new luxury car worth upwards of £30,000 and the mother took to Instagram to show off her lavish gift
The mother re-posted a sweet picture of Noel and Sue shared by a fan account wishing the mum a happy birthday
Sharing a picture of the car, Sue wrote: ‘Happy birthday to me. I’m so incredibly lucky to have such an amazing hubby who works so hard for us all.I love you @noelradford.’
Sophie Radford, 27, who is the couple’s second oldest child, also shared a message wishing her mum a ‘huge happy birthday’ and hailing her the ‘rock of the family’.
The mother also re-posted a sweet picture of Noel and Sue shared by a fan account wishing her a happy birthday.
Earlier this month, the family revealed their pie shop was doing so well they were forced to temporarily close after a huge surge in sales.
The couple have 22 children, with 19 still living at their 10-bedroom home in Morecambe, Lancashire. Pictured, the couple’s large brood at home
Sharing pictures of the luxury car, Sue wrote: ‘Happy birthday to me. I’m so incredibly lucky to have such an amazing hubby who works so hard for us all.I love you @noelradford’
Following the ratings success of their latest TV endeavour – Channel 5’s 22 Kids and Counting – the family revealed they temporarily shutdown online sales to catch up an unprecedented amount of orders.
The four-part series sees Sue and Noel tackle life in lockdown with the 19 kids that are still living at home, and after the latest show debuted in February pies ordered boomed.
Taking to Facebook, the family wrote: ‘ For everyone enquiring about order[ing] pies online.
We have closed the website site for a few days just so we can try and catch up with the orders that came in after our program aired on Monday.
‘We had plenty of stock ready to go but we were inundated with orders.
‘We took the decision to close for a few days rather than you placing a order and having to wait a few weeks to receive your order.
‘We would like to thank you all for your continued support we very much appreciated it.’
However, their website is now back up and running and they appear to be taking orders again.
The family have owned the bakery since 1999, and has recently expanded to accept online orders made from around the UK.
Dad Noel runs the shop with Chloe, 25, and Daniel, 21, also helping out, while mum Sue stays at home to look after the younger kids.
Sue, Noel and children Chloe, 25, Jack, 23, Daniel, 21, Luke, 20, Millie, 19, Katie, 18, James, 17, Ellie, 15, Aimee, 14, Josh, 13, Max, 12, Tillie, 10, Oscar, nine, Casper, eight, Hallie, five, Phoebe, four, Archie, three, Bonnie, two, and 10-month-old Heidie all living under one roof.
Oldest children Chris, 31, and Sophie, 27, have moved out.
Elsewhere on the show The Radfords revealed their food bills skyrocketed during the Covid-19 pandemic because their 22 children are ‘constantly eating.’
On average, the family consumes 16 pints of milk and four loaves of bread a day, and 24 toilet rolls, three tubes of toothpaste and 80 yoghurts a week.
Sue told The Mirror: ‘Our food bill has nearly doubled as the children are constantly eating.’
They can often serve up 56 sausages for BBQs, while a Mexican will set them back 5kg of chicken, 1kg of cheese and four packets of tortilla wraps.