'Single parenting ain't that bad!' Carol Vorderman declares after family achievement

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Carol Vorderman, 61, has taken to Instagram to congratulate her eldest daughter Katie for passing her PhD thesis, giving her a new 'doctor' label.

Whilst congratulating her daughter, Carol made an admission about her success as a single parent due to her daughter's success.The former Countdown star took to Instagram to share a string of three pictures, with the first including a picture of the star's lookalike daughter.She penned in view of her 203,000 followers: "Yesterday my girl Katie @katie.science passed her 'viva'....an interrogation of her PhD thesis by a panel of examiners."She can now call herself DOCTOR KATIE KING."It's all she has ever wanted to be since bring a little girl.

A Cambridge research scientist and then to become an astronaut....like you do."A post shared by Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders)Carol continued in the lengthy post: "Her thesis was about the delivery of a new cancer drug.The drug is hydrophobic (doesn't mix with water) and so can be used instead of a chemotherapy technique as it does not mix with blood."Katie's research is about how to then deliver it specifically to the tumour.She's using nanotechnology and in particular gold nanoparticles."Carol then went on to talk about how "proud" she was as her "mum", due to the "struggles she's overcome".She went on: "So here's me as her Mum.So proud.

I know all the struggles she's overcome, and the hard graft she's put in to become this fine young woman."I don't want this feeling to stop."She's on top of the world and quite honestly I am too and so is her little brother Cameron."What a lucky mother I am.Single parenting ain't that bad after all."Many took to the comments to congratulate Carol's daughter on the good news and share in the.