Holly Willoughby, 38, looked overjoyed as she soaked up the sun on holiday with her young niece Darcy. The This Morning favourite, who is currently enjoying a break from the show to coincide with the school summer holidays, could be seen beaming as she and her niece lay on a sun lounger together. In the picture, which Holly shared with her 5.7 million Instagram followers, Darcy extended her hand towards her aunt’s nose, a blog of sun cream on the end of her finger. The presenter, meanwhile, giggled cheerfully, beaming at the youngster, a couple of bottles of sun cream lying on the cushion between them.
“When your beautiful niece #darcyblueeyes knows how to look after your skin in this heatwave,” Holly captioned the upload.
The ITV favourite also tagged the post as an advert for Garnier UK, for whom she is an ambassador.
She then went on to make a revelation about Darcy, telling fans the child is in fact the same baby who posed with her on the front cover of her book, Truly Happy Baby.
“And yes Darcy was the baby on the front of my #trulyhappybaby book,” she wrote.
The book, which was published in 2016, features the This Morning host lying down with a wide-eyed tot, both smiling off to the side at something out of shot.
Darcy is the same age as Holly’s youngest child Chester, four.
The presenter, meanwhile, is also mother to 10-year-old Harry and eight-year-old Belle with her husband Dan Baldwin.
Holly first met producer Dan back in 2004 when she was working on ITV’s Ministry of Mayhem.
After several months as friends, their relationship blossomed into romance.
The couple tied the knot at St Michael’s Church before celebrating with a fairytale wedding reception at Amberley Castle on the South Downs in West Sussex back in 2007.
Earlier this month, Holly Willoughby gave a rare insight into her marriage to husband Dan Baldwin when she shared an incredible anecdote with her fans.
Speaking to her This Morning co-host Phillip Schofield, 57, on the show, she said the couple had been to see Sir Elton John, 72, live in concert in Italy and that he had dedicated a song to her.
Having previously told the popstar their all-time favourite song lyric was from his hit I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues, Holly and Dan were delighted when Elton mentioned them by name during his performance.
“We’re standing there and Elton goes, ‘I’m dedicating this song to Holly and Dan,’ and then played that song,” she said.
Holly later obtained footage of the special moment, sharing the video on Instagram.
In the clip, Elton makes the dedication and launches into a performance of the famous track.
