EASTENDERS' Natalie Cassidy shared her heartache after her dad fell ill, bravely opening up about her fear of him "not being around forever".
The 37-year-old star reflected on her close relationship with her dad Charles in a moving Instagram post earlier today. The actress mused that they are particularly close as she tragically lost her mother Evelyn to bowel cancer in 2002 - when she was just 19 years old.
Natalie posted a smiling selfie that was taken in her kitchen to her social media page as she wrote: "Last few days have been a bit of a challenge.
Daddy hasn’t been very well, nothing major, but it makes you realise they aren’t going to be around forever. "Losing mum young means we are so close, in my head I feel he is always going to.
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