NATALIE Appleton has shared a snap of her rarely-seen daughter Rachel as she turns 29.
The All Saints singer posted the sweet tribute on Instagram, including a couple of throwbacks to when her daughter was younger.
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Natalie, 49, captioned her post: “Happy birthday my precious Rachel.”
Her showbiz pals were quick to send messages for Rachel, with Spice Girl Melanie C writing: “Happy Birthday to your gorgeous girl ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
Actress Tamzin Outhwaite said: “happy birthday beautiful ❤️.”
And her sister and fellow All Saints member Nicole added: “Ahh wonderful pictures!! Happy birthday my beautiful Ray!!@younghowlett I love you soo much!💗💗💗🎉🎉🎉XXX.”
Natalie shares Rachel with her ex Carl Robinson. She was 17 when she met Carl – then 37 – who was a stripper with The Dreamboys at the time.
In 1993 they moved to New York and tied the knot but she shortly returned to the UK after having their marriage annulled.
These days Natalie is happily married to The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett.
The couple met at V Festival in 2000 and got married in France two years later.
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Natalie and Liam are parents to 18-year-old son Ace.
After reuniting as All Saints in 2016 Natalie and Nicole, along with Shaznay Lewis and Melanie Blatt, released their last album Testament in 2018.
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