'It was like cutting through old bacon rind' - Sue and Noel Radford open up over her first pregnancy at 13 years old

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Noel and Sue Radford, parents to 22 children, have spoken out against "cowardly trolls with empty lives" who criticise their large family online. The couple, who have been in the public eye since 2012, regularly share their family's adventures - including luxury holidays, birthday parties, and new toy hauls - on social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

Sue Radford, mum and star of 22 Kids and Counting, has confessed that she rarely gets to chat with her husband Noel due to the demands of looking after their massive family. Sue, 48, is the head of the Radford family - also known as the biggest in the UK - and is featured on the Channel 5 programme 22 Kids And Counting.

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Sue Radford, the mum from "Britain's biggest family", has hinted that their family might get even bigger. Sue and her husband Noel, who are parents to 22 children, have opened up about their love for having kids in their new book, The Radfords: Making Life Count.The couple wrote: "We haven't just been addicted to love during our long and happy marriage - for most of it, we have also been addicted to having children.

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Famed for having Britain's biggest family, Sue Radford certainly deserves to be spoiled when it comes to Mother's Day. And taking to Instagram this Sunday to mark the occasion, Sue shared tributes from some of her 22 children with her 528K followers.The 22 Kids and Counting star first re-shared a snap with her daughter Katie, 20, who had posted a selfie with her mum and wrote: "Happy Mother's Day mum thank you for everything you do for all of us love you lots". Next was Ellie, 18, who sweetly shared a picture where she was sat on Sue's knee.

Sue Radford, the mum of Britain's largest family, has revealed how she actually vowed to have 'no more children' after experiencing a 'horrendous' first birth at the young age of 13. The 22 Kids and Counting star and her husband Noel, open up about her experience of pregnancy as a teen in their first-ever book, The Radfords: Making Life Count, and she says she didn't think she'd be able to do childbirth more than once after a 'horrifying' ordeal.

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22 Kids and Counting's Noel Radford, dad to Britain's biggest family, detailed his account of when his now wife Sue Radford fell pregnant at the young age of 13, and defended their four-year age gap. Noel, 53, said that they "were both just kids" when he discovered he was going to be a dad for the first time. At that time, Noel was 17 while Sue was below the legal age of consent.

A dad who has 22 children has defended getting his now wife pregnant when she was just 13-years-old.