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22 And Counting's Sue Radford explains exhausting daily house cleaning routine

The Radford family are the biggest family in Britain due to the fact they have an astonishing 22 children - but proud matriarch Sue deserves some kind of medal for the amount of time she spends cleaning to maintain her family home.

The 48-year-old mum-of-22 - and grandmother of 13 and counting - spends an astonishing amount of time wiping, cleaning and hoovering away to keep their house in shape.

Sue - who has been married to loving husband Noel for almost 30 years - is a star of 22 Kids and Counting on Channel 5 and their YouTube channel where their astonishing family life is shared.

And Sue, who doesn’t employ a cleaner to help with the upkeep of her family home in Morecambe, has left fans astonished by explaining how much she spends looking after the house.

Sue Radford, pictured with her husband Noel, revealed she spends seven hours every day cleaning her house (Youtube/The Radford Family)

In a recent video post shared on their YouTube channel, Sue explained that she spends most of her day cleaning once her kids are off to school.

She was asked what her plans are once their youngest child, two-year-old Heidie, is sent into education and if she would then go back to working in the family bakery - explaining that she needs to clean the house from 8am until 3pm each day.

She said: “Yes, so Heidi is not going to start school until next September. Bonnie will go this September and Heidi will go the following September and then yes, I will be going back into work.

“Although I find it really difficult because the house work this house has - it just takes me all day.”

Noel then chimed in: “That’s a full-time job in itself.”

Sue then revealed: “I can start the housework in the morning, when the kids go to school, and I will not get that finished until I’m picking the kids up, at like 3pm.

“It’s really full on. So yes, the plan is to go back to work, but I don’t think I’ll do it every day.

The Radfords have 22 children and 13 grandchildren (Instagram)

“I think I’ll have some days off to catch up on the housework. But yeah, I will definitely be going back.”

Christopher, 32, Sophie, 28, Chloe, 26, Jack, 25, Daniel, 23, Luke, 21, Millie, 20, Katie, 19, James, 18, Ellie, 17, Aimee, 16, Josh, 14, Max, 13, Tillie, 12, Oscar, 10, Casper, nine, Hallie, seven, Phoebe, five, Archie, four, Bonnie, three, and two-year-old Heidie.

The couple also suffered a devastating loss when their son, Alfie, was stillborn in July 2014.
The Radford family has been expanding further as some of the couple’s children have started having children of their own.

Christopher and his partner Nicole Spencer have three children; four-year-old Maisie, two-year-old Jacob, and one-year-old Nicholas.

Sophie and her husband Joe Broadley have three children; nine-year-old Daisy, seven-year-old Ayprill, and six-year-old Leo.

Chloe and her partner Jake Wallace have an 11-month-old daughter named Mila.

While Millie has two children; one-year-old daughter Ophelia and one-year-old son Chester.

Sue and Noel also have four step-grandchildren among the seemingly ever expanding family.

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