Rachel Stevens was every inch the proud mother as she celebrated her eldest daughter Amelie’s 15th birthday on Sunday.
The singer, 47, took to Instagram to share a selection of snaps to mark the occasion and fans picked up on their striking resemblance.
Followers wrote in the comment section: ‘she is your double’ and ‘God really said “copy and paste”.
Rachel, who has two daughters Amelie and Minnie, 11, from her first marriage to Alex Bourne, wrote: ’15 today! What can I say Ams. Firstly… If I’m honest, I could really do with a guide book to help me out when it comes to these teen age years… You definitely keep me on my toes!
‘You’ve always been so full of energy, so full of spirit and so determined and I know that that is going to take you so far in life. Creative, sensitive, curious, adventurous, resilient, loving, caring, quirky and funny with a voice like an angel.’
Rachel made reference to the challenges they have faced together. The singer announced she had separated from her childhood sweetheart, Alex, in July 2022, just one month shy of their 13-year anniversary.
Rachel Stevens was every inch the proud mother as she celebrated her eldest daughter Amelie’s 15th birthday on Sunday
The singer, 47, took to Instagram to share a selection of snaps to mark the occasion and fans picked up on their striking resemblance
Rachel split from Dancing On Ice’s Brendyn Hatfield last month after three years.
The former S Club star added: ‘Navigating life together is not always easy but it’s definitely an adventure and a learning journey for us both. Being your mum has taught me so much and I’m excited for us to keep learning and growing alongside each other.
‘Happy birthday my darling girl. I hope this year is your best one yet and that your wishes and dreams come true always.
‘Love you with all my heart’.
Rachel recently admitted she is still grieving the end of her marriage – three years after her split from property mogul husband Alex.
The S Club 7 star was married to Alex for five years before they divorced in 2022.
Her ex-husband Alex is now preparing to welcome a baby with his art dealer wife Lily, 31.
The singer admitted she struggled to come to terms with the end of her previous relationship because she buried her feelings.
Rachel’s daughter bore a striking resemblance to the singer as she posed for the camera
Rachel wrote: ’15 today! What can I say Ams. Firstly… If I’m honest, I could really do with a guide book to help me out when it comes to these teen age years…’
Rachel pictured in 1999 aged 21 as part of S Club 7 (Tina Barrett, Jo O’Meara, Hannah Spearritt, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole, Bradley McIntosh)
Fans wrote in the comment section: ‘she is your double’ and ‘God really said “copy and paste”
Rachel split from Dancing On Ice’s Brendyn Hatfield in September after three years
Rachel recently admitted she is still grieving the end of her marriage – three years after her split from property mogul husband Alex (pictured 2011)
Speaking to HELLO!’s Second Act podcast, Rachel explained: ‘From some days to the next, some days you feel empowered, you feel like: ‘Yes, I’ve got this’ and then other days you feel like you just wanna cry under the duvet and hide.
‘I went from being married and then went into another long relationship, and I don’t know if I actually fully grieved the loss of my marriage. I constantly felt like my nervous system was on fight or flight.’
She continued: ‘For a long time, I put the smile on and turned up and became the person that I thought I should be and got very lost along the way.
‘And now after real sort of experience of divorce, being a parent, with heart break it’s only really suddenly I have to build those foundations. I [put a lid on my feelings] and just sort of numbed myself because the feelings were just too much.
‘When I feel anything that’s sort of very emotional I withdraw, I isolate – so I’m really learning to reach out and be gentle and nurturing with myself. I don’t have to be anything other than what I am.’
Despite Rachel being newly single, she hasn’t given up on love as she is still a ‘hopeless romantic’.
She said: ‘I’ve always been a relationship girl. I’m such a romantic and I love love. I want that movie love. [I’m] a hopeless romantic.’
The singer went on to admit she’s looking forward to turning 50 in a few years’ time, adding: ‘You should celebrate every year. I like the power of being wise and emotionally more mature.
‘[Going forward] I want to trust and believe in myself. But that’s work in progress; we’ve never arrived. You can just do your best every day.’
Former couple Rachel and Alex were childhood sweethearts and reconnected in the mid-2000s when Rachel was launching her solo career and Alex was still trying to make it as an actor in Los Angeles.
They got engaged in June 2008 after 18 months of dating and tied the knot at Claridge’s in London the following year.
The pair walked down the aisle to S Club 7’s hit Never Had A Dream Come True and her bandmates – Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O’Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole and Tina Barrett – were there to watch them say ‘I do’.
Rachel announced she had separated from her childhood sweetheart, Alex, in July 2022, just one month shy of their 13-year anniversary.
Alex and new wife Lily then got engaged last summer on Hampstead Heath after meeting earlier that year.
Rachel and Alex’s two daughters, Amelie and Minnie, 11, were both in attendance at the wedding and were both bridesmaids.
