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Britain's biggest family is to set welcome a new member as daughter falls pregnant

Britain's biggest family is getting ready to welcome a new member as daughter Chloe announces she is pregnant with her first child.

Chloe, 26, is the third eldest child of parents-of-22 Sue and Noel Radford - she has now confirmed she and partner Jake Wallace are expecting a baby.

The announcement was made on Instagram, accompanied by a photo of her baby bump, reports the Mirror.

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She captioned the image: "Mum and dad. Feeling blessed, grateful and full of so much love. We can’t wait to meet our little one this year."

The Radford family Instagram account was quick to comment on the image, sharing in Chloe's joy.

The comment read: "So so excited 2022 is going to me an AMAZING year."

Chloe is a make-up artist and moved in with Jake recently after being the odlest Radford child to still live at the family home.

The couple recently moved in together (Chloe Radford/Instagram)

Last year she revealed she and her partner were keen to start a family - but stressed she only wanted "three kids max".

Currently, the Radford family is the UK's biggest family with a whopping 22 children in total.

Chloe is sister to Chris, 32, Sophie, 27, Jack, 24, Daniel, 22, Luke, 21, Millie, 20, Katie, 19, James, 18, Ellie, 16, Aimee, 15, Josh, 14, Max, 12, Tillie, 11, Oscar, 10, Casper, nine, Hallie, six, Phoebe, five, Archie, four, Bonnie, three, and Heidie, one.

The family star in their own Channel 5 show '22 Kids and Counting' while also running their own bakery business, The Radford Pie Company.

The newborn will be Sue and Noel's eight grandchild (Chloe Radford/Instagram)

Sue and Noel also have seven grandchildren, with Chloe's baby set to be their eighth.

The eldest son, Chris, who moved out of the family home but lives nearby in Morecambe has three kids with his wife Nicole.

They are Maisie, four, Jacob, two, and baby Nicholas, who was born in September last year.

Meanwhile eldest daughter Sophie and her husband Joe are parents to Daisy, nine, Ayprill, seven, and Leo, five.

Daughter Millie, who still lives in the family home, has a baby girl named Ophelia, born in 2020.

The UK's biggest family star in their own show on Channel 5 (THERADFORDFAMILY/Instagram)

Following the birth of the youngest child Heidie, Sue and Noel have sworn they won't be having any more children.

Sue stated that they have spent £1 million raising their kids so-far, adding that she has been pregnant for more than 16 years of her life.

She told The Mirror last year: "No, we are not having any more. Definitely 100% not."

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