Holly Willoughby shares rare snap of daughter Belle, 8, as they smell roses during summer day out

HOLLY Willoughby has shared a rare snap of daughter her Belle, 8, on Instagram.

The This Morning host, 38, delighted fans with a picture of her smelling roses with her little girl as during a summer day out.

She simply captioned the picture: “Belle”.

And her followers loved what they saw – leaving a string of positive messages underneath Holly’s post.

One wrote: “Beautiful picture”.

Another said: “Beautiful mother – daughter moment, lovely photo to cherish x”.

A third wrote: “That is a beautiful Mother & Daughter photo!”

Holly also raises Belle and Chester with her husband Dan Baldwin.

The Sun On Sunday recently revealed that Holly and her This Morning co-host Phillip Schofield had a bizarre row about the cover which ended up getting printed, featuring a picture of Holly beaming and wearing a mocked-up crown.

Silver fox Phil was pictured beside her, looking confused, while the strapline read: “How Holly ­Willoughby eclipsed Phillip Schofield and became Britain’s hottest TV star.”

Holly, 38, however shared a different cover showing the stars both gazing forward – without any words.

A source said: “To say there has been a bit of tension is an understatement.

“It all kicked off after Phil and Holly agreed to do the Sunday Times Magazine interview, part of their contractual press obligations with ITV.

“They did it on the understanding they would be given equal billing and the interview would be about their success and popularity as a duo.

“But when the magazine dropped, Phillip was fuming that Holly had a crayon crown airbrushed on to her head while he was crown-less and pictured grumpily looking on in her shadow.”

They added: “The article itself was brilliant and the cover was a bit of irreverent fun.

“But Phillip was pretty peeved, to say the least — not with Holly but with how he had been usurped. For her part, Holly was also quite ­mortified and felt terrible.

“ITV, who set up the interview, kicked off and his team promptly received a letter of apology to smooth things over.”

The two presenters appear to have put any issues behind them as they enjoyed a trip to Portugal’s Algarve as recently as last month.

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