Carol Vorderman wishes lookalike ‘geek’ daughter Katie King a happy 29th birthday with heartwarming snaps of research scientist in plane and at NASA headquarters
Carol Vorderman has wished her lookalike daughter Katie King a happy 29th birthday on Wednesday, calling her ‘loving’, ‘talented’ and a ‘geek’.
The TV presenter, 60, took a trip down memory lane as she shared a series of photos of Katie from over the years as she gushed over how ‘proud’ she is of her and shared snaps of her on a plane and at NASA headquarters.
Katie is a research scientist at Cambridge University and applied for a job as an astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA) in February.
Family: Carol Vorderman has wished her lookalike daughter Katie King a happy 29th birthday, calling her ‘loving’, ‘talented’ and a ‘geek’
Academic: Katie is a research scientist at Cambridge University and applied for a job as an astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA) in February
Alongside the snaps, Carol wrote: ‘Happy Birthday to my kind, hilarious, hard working, loving, talented, geek girl Katie @katie.science …..❤️❤️
‘Katie was 2 months premature (worrying times).
‘Now she’s a Research scientist @cambridgeuniversity #NASA #SpaceFreak #Pilot #Singer #WannabeAstronaut
‘A few pics of Katie interviewing Apollo Astronaut, hanging out @ragnboneman …..us at the same age (9), growing up and flying our plane together #pilots ❤️❤️❤️
Throwback: The TV presenter took a trip down memory lane as she shared a series of photos of Katie from over the years as she gushed over how ‘proud’ she is of her
Lookalike: The 29-year-old bears a strong resemblance to her famous mother
Fun: Alongside the snaps, Carol wrote: ‘Happy Birthday to my kind, hilarious, hard working, loving, talented, geek girl Katie @katie.science …..❤️❤️’
‘It’s not often I ever talk about my children….I kept their lives very private as kids but now they’re grown up…well I’m allowed to say how proud I am of them both….
‘Happy Birthday Katie King ….soooooooo many adventures to come…..bring it on.’
In 2014, Carol, who shares Katie and 24-year-old son Cameron with her ex-husband Patrick King, qualified for a private pilot’s licence in 2014, and accepted the appointment of ambassador to the Royal Air Force Air Cadets that same year.
Meanwhile, Carol recently said she doesn’t care what people think of her, telling OK! magazine: ‘I don’t really care what anyone thinks of me. I know who I am and my mates know who I am.
Carol added: ‘Now she’s a Research scientist @cambridgeuniversity #NASA #SpaceFreak #Pilot #Singer #WannabeAstronaut’
Carol said: ‘It’s not often I ever talk about my children….I kept their lives very private as kids but now they’re grown up…well I’m allowed to say how proud I am of them both….’ (Katie pictured with Rag’n’Bone Man)
Carol wrote: ‘Happy Birthday Katie King ….soooooooo many adventures to come…..bring it on’
Birth: Carol shared Katie’s birth information from the day she was born in 1992
Motherhood: Carol wrote a heartfelt message to Katie on Instagram
‘Life’s great and I have absolutely not a single complaint. I could not have dreamt that at this stage in my life, I would be living the outrageous life I live.
‘I’ve got two mottos in life. One is “You’re a long time dead” – which I used in the normal world but not now. It basically means if there’s mischief to be had I’m first in the queue.
‘It’s quite funny because the Carol people see on the telly is not the Carol in the real world at all. Another rule I live by is find what makes you happy and do more of it.’
Honest: Carol recently said she doesn’t care what people think of her, telling OK! magazine : ‘I don’t really care what anyone thinks of me. I know who I am and my mates know who I am’