Like many, Rita Ora 's mum Vera is torn apart from seeing her kids amid the nationwide lockdown that has left her missing "family normality".
Vera, 56, posted a heartwarming throwback snap on Instagram of her kids; Rita, Elena and son Don.
Sharing the snap with her 77k followers, the psychiatrist penned: "Missing family normality .....! @elenaora @ritaora @thereal_donora #VisualsWithVera #pandemic #isolation #familydistancing."
The picture shows Rita as a teen posing for the pic with her older sister Elena and younger brother Don.
Rita revealed this month that her mum Vera has returned to work as a psychiatrist to help during the outbreak.
The star said she was so proud of her mum it had inspired her to become an NHS volunteer.
Appearing on This Morning she said: "I think my mum is truly... she thrives off doing her duty, and what made me want to volunteer is that I just found seeing it first hand this is so real that I felt like what could I possibly do?"
She continued: "I just think it's truly heroic, seeing all the doctors on the front line. It goes to show we as a humanity can still come together and be unified, it's truly truly an amazing time to come out the other end and think we can do this together.
“Obviously I don’t have a medical degree but I just think it’s really, truly heroic, not just from my mum’s perspective but just seeing all the doctors in general, really frontline and really putting themselves forward."
She added: "It just goes to show we as a humanity can still come together and be unified, it’s truly, truly, truly an amazing time for us to come out the other end and go, ‘Wow we’re really coming together’, so that really inspired me.”
Rita’s mum, Vera, explained how hard it was not being able to see Rita, but said she had a job to do.
“It’s really difficult, obviously. There’s a reason for that - I’m working full time and I’m in and out of a hospital environment."
She added: "The safest for everybody was for me to stay at home, work and just make sure at least I don’t put at risk Rita and her sister.”
Vera is working as a psychiatrist within the NHS, and she said she had been looking after pregnant women that had mental health problems, but now is also covering people who have mental health problems and Covid19.
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