KATE Ferdinand has hailed her husband Rio's rarely-seen dad Julian as 'the best father-in-law'. The former Towie star took to her Instagram Stories today to mark her father-in-law's birthday with a photo of them beaming at her 30th birthday celebrations in June.
The 30-year-old captioned the social media post: "Happy birthday to the best father-in-law. We all love you so much". Kate's heartfelt tribute comes after Rio spoke about her and his dad's rocky start in their 2020 documentary, Rio and Kate: Becoming a Step Family.
The one-off show chronicled Kate's journey to becoming a stepmother to his children, Lorenz, 15, Tate, 13, and Tia, 10, with his late wife Rebecca Ellison, who died of cancer in 2015 aged 34.
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