Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan has shared a touching message with fans as she prepares to wave goodbye to Weatherfield.
Helen and her boyfriend Scott Sinclair are due to welcome their second child into the world in the coming months, which means Rosie Webster will be disappearing from our screens for a while.
The couple already have a two-year-old daughter together called Matilda, and Helen is now getting ready to take a period of maternity leave from the ITV soap.
In a cute Instagram post, the 27-year-old actress shared a throwback picture of herself and Matilda and paid tribute to her family for helping make juggling a career and motherhood possible.
Writing alongside it, the star told her followers: “#tbt to the summer and meeting my mum to pick up my little girl after work xxx.
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“Absolutely loved my time back at @coronationstreet so much, can’t believe I only have March and April left before I go on maternity leave!
“It’s worked in so well with Matilda and I’ve managed to work it just fine between Scotland and Manchester all thanks to my mum.”
She splits her time between Manchester, where Corrie is filmed, and Glasgow, where footballer boyfriend Scott plays for Celtic.
The star returned to Coronation Street in 2017 after previously leaving the ITV soap in 2012.
Helen added: “I love being a working mummy and try to be the best example to Matilda as I can be.”
Since sharing the picture, Helen has been inundated with comments from fans, with many saying they will miss her being in Coronation Street.
One wrote: “Wishing you the best for your maternity leave, can’t wait to see pics of your beautiful new baby but please tell me that Rosie will be back soon as I flipping well love her!”
Another added: “Lovely picy..and a wonderful young lady.. You’re doing a great job.. Loving your character on Corrie xxx [SIC].” While one simply said: “Gonna miss you!”
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Meanwhile, Helen has since shared two new selfies taken as she enjoyed the spring sunshine with Matilda.
Captioning the shots, she told her followers the cute way her daughter refers to her.
“Always making my laugh, my baby calls me silly mummy, forever wiping her little nose and won’t leave the house without a princess dress,” she wrote.
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