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When Katie Piper found out she was going to be awarded an OBE for her services to charity and victims of burns and other disfigurement injuries, the 38 year old was bursting with excitement and couldn't wait to tell her friends and family. However palace protcol states that the achievement needs to be kept confidential, and Katie was left so scared she might break it that she tells us she didn't even tell her husband Richard Sutton the news! "It was such a hard secret to keep, but I didn’t want to have it taken away from me," she says.

Loose Women star Katie Piper lives in a stunning home with her husband Richard Sutton and their two children. Despite facing an horrific acid attack in March 2008 that left her severely burned and partially blind, Katie has become an inspirational figure due to her resilience and success.

Like many celebrities who choose to keep their family life as private as possible, Katie Piper is keen to give her children as much anonymity as she can online. But with two beautiful daughters at home – Belle, 10, and six-year-old Penelope – it’s only natural that she ends up gushing about how proud she is of them.Talking about her favourite thing when it comes to motherhood, Katie, 40, tells us, “It’s having a friend for life. I have a really close relationship with my own mum, and I loved that transition to being good friends with her as I got older.

OK! magazine.Katie says she has an even greater sense of "belonging" and "purpose" these days because now she is flying the flag for people who have felt as vulnerable as she did, and highlighting diversity.She has become an ambassador for the skincare brand La Roche-Posay and feels "included" again.There are still functional problems and residual pain from the attack, meaning that she continues to have work done on her stomach and esophagus as well as her face.In the early days, the intensity of the sulphuric acid had left her struggling to even swallow.However she is filled with renewed confidence as she continues on her "ongoing" journey towards healing.Katie has also started to embrace herself on her own terms rather than looking to society to give her validation that she is beautiful."It’s [about] calling the shots and deciding if I’m desirable, not waiting for somebody else to make that decision for me," she explained.The model says she hates the expectation from others that she should simply be a survivor of burns, and is determined to prove that life is about far more than that.Her love life is looking positive after she married her carpenter husband Richard Sutton in 2015, with whom she has two daughters.Courageous Katie was also acknowledged with an OBE from the Queen for her charitable work.She said in a statement at the time that she was "honoured to be recognised for services to charity and survivors of burns".The proud activist added: "Funded purely by voluntary donations, we launched and founded the UK’s first and only live-in rehabilitation centre so that having a brighter future after burns can be for the majority, and not the minority of survivors."

Loose Women presenter Katie Piper has told how she assumed that her romance would "end" with her now-husband Richard Sutton due to her operations.Taking to Instagram yesterday, the TV personality, 38, reflected on her relationship with her other half, which saw her admit that she thought romance would be off the cards in the initial stages of dating.Sharing a series of snaps with her one million followers, Katie looked back on her nine-year relationship with her beau.In one snap, Katie could be seen kissing Richie's cheek as he grinned.She wrote: "I'm putting some [tins] in storage and came across some old photos of when I first met Richie!"This was taken on my Blackberry in my flat in London."Sat on the sofa watching a rental DVD pre-Netflix days."Back then it was Blockbusters and chill," she added.In another picture, Katie can be seen sitting in a hospital bed as Richie sat beside her while holding her hand.The star told how she assumed that their romance would be halted due to the numerous operations she had to undergo.Katie wrote: "Very early on into dating him I had to have an operation on my septum and a skin graft to my chin."It was nightmare timing and I assumed things would end [or] pause."I also had to use a walking stick as I had my top right rib removed for a cartilage graft," Katie shared.Another snap showed a brown-haired Katie cosying up to Richie following the birth of their first child.Katie wrote in the story: "This pic was taken some months after we had our first child."I started wearing weird necklaces as I didn't know how a mum should dress," followed by a laughing face.Katie and Richard share two daughters together, Belle, seven and Penelope, three.In 2008, the Loose Women star was horrifically

When new gets Katie Piper on the phone for a natter, the Loose Women newbie and best-selling author is enjoying a rare, child-free moment of peace and quiet. “I’ve just sat down in a quiet house with no kids, and I can give you my full attention.

However, other users expressed their condolences as they shared that similar experiences had happened to them.One typed: “Omg this happened to me too! I was traumatised as a child !!”A second replied: “This happened to us 30 years ago.

We may all be living under strict coronavirus measures and many of us haven’t seen our loved ones at Christmas, but one person who isn’t getting bogged down in negativity is Katie Piper. Keen to see the positives, she tells us that she knows how lucky she is, saying, “I’m never going to moan about it.” Katie, 37, has regular procedures to aid her recovery from an acid attack when she was 24, orchestrated by a toxic ex-boyfriend.