Fans have hailed the Ferdinands as 'family goals' as Kate celebrated husband Rio's return from the World Cup in Qatar.
In an emotional Instagram post, the former The Only Way Is Essex star shared a photo of the former Manchester United player embracing his children. In the caption, Kate shared with her 1.4 million Instagram followers: "Daddy’s home. 4 weeks has felt like 8. Couldn’t be happier to have my husband home," with a red heart emoji.
The former footballer had been away in Qatar to cover the World Cup. In response to the post, Rio himself commented: "Happiest when with family. Missed you all sooooo much x" with a red heart emoji.
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Fans were quick to compliment the sweet photo, with @debidoodahs writing: "This warms my heart. Family goals right there. Pardon the pun." @pattybbooks369 added: "Such a lovely family".
@daniella_dockree said: "Love this family" and @kaysnelling60 typed: "What a great picture just says it all." @lesleycampbell49 added: "How lovely a lot of love have a lovely christmas" and @theonlygirlinthehouse echoed: "Aw this is beautiful - Christmas can begin now".
Kate and Rio, who tied to knot three years ago, share one-year-old Cree together. Rio has three other children - Tate, 13, Lorenz, 15, and Tia, 11 - from his previous marriage to Rebecca Ellison, who sadly died of cancer in 2015.
In her podcast, Kate recently said she she still feels like an outsider at times in her blended family - despite having always been welcomed by them.
She revealed in her podcast, titled Blended: "They say four to seven years and I'm at the kind of five year mark and I'm feeling good, I'm feeling a lot better than where I was at the beginning." She continued: "I still feel... no one makes me feel like this by the way, this is me and myself... that I'm sometimes not part of the family.
"None of my family do anything to make me feel like that. They are welcoming, they do everything that they could possibly do in all honesty but I'm just so emotional about it."
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