Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Brogan-Leigh Hurst

Denise Van Outen shares glimpse of rarely-seen daughter Betsy on 12th birthday

Denise Van Outen gave her fans a rare glimpse of her daughter Betsy as she celebrated her 12th birthday.

The presenter, 47, treated the youngster to a fun day out for her special day, alongside former TOWIE star Lydia Bright and other pals.

The group spent Betsy's birthday at Mersea Island in Essex, where they stayed in park lodges and enjoyed a party in one of the colourful huts on the beach.

Denise shared a series of sweet snaps from their getaway to her Instagram page, including one of her rarely-seen daughter - who she shares with Lee Mead.

Betsy looked stunning as she smiled at the camera, wearing a bejewelled birthday hat.

Denise Van Outen with her daughter Betsy (vanouten_denise /Instagram)

Denise captioned the post: "BETSY is 12 bank holiday birthday fun with our West Mersea family @parkholidaysuk @alfieoneill_ @markyferry @lydiabright @xdebbietowiex @dave_thetiler @xgeorgiabrightx Loretta."

The post was flooded with comments from her famous pals, who wished Betsy the happiest of birthdays.

"Happy birthday Betsy xx" Scarlett Moffatt wrote.

Actress Davinia Taylor added: "Happiest of birthdays to you."

Former Blue member Duncan James commented: "Awwwww happy bday Betsy."

She turned 12 over the weekend (vanouten_denise/Instagram)

Denise - who recently split with cheating ex-fiancé Eddie Boxshall - revealed she had "too much self respect" to stay with him after she discovered he had been messaging other woman in January.

"I've got too much self-respect and I just can't live like that, I felt like, in a few selfish moments, he’d ruined it. I couldn’t imagine it ever feeling the same," she told OK! Magazine.

"I believe everything happens for a reason, so I don’t really have any regrets at all, it just shapes you for the next part of your life.

"If anything, I wish I’d known how to get myself out of heartbreak a little bit more, it’s a horrible thing to be stuck in it, and I think when I was younger I didn’t do the right things."

Her mum treated her to a weekend away (vanouten_denise/Instagram)

Denise said that her daughter Betsy was devastated by the split.

Betsy was welcomed into the world back in 2010, and is the daughter of Denise and ex Lee Mead. She recently turned 12.

Do you have a story to sell? Get in touch with us at webcelebs@mirror.co.uk or call us direct at 0207 29 33033.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.