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The UK's biggest family have celebrated their son's birthday with an intimate gathering at their home as they praised their "sweet" son.
The Radfords, who live in a ten-bedroom property in Morecambe, Lancashire, shared an emotional Instagram post about their son Casper as he turned 11 on Tuesday.
Casper opened his football-print wrapped presents in front of some of his 22 siblings, who sat next to him in the living room. He looked overjoyed with one of his gifts, which appeared to be a boxed-up toy.
Sue and Neil Radford posted the photo with the caption: "Happy 11th birthday to our sweet Casper. He’s had such a lovely day at school today and is loving all his new presents. He said to me this morning how cool it is to be the same age as Oscar for 2 weeks."
Sue and Neil have been married for more than 30 years (@theradfordfamily/Instagram)The Radfords, who shot to fame on a Channel 4's '21 Kids and Counting', have amassed 517k followers. Their fans flocked to the comment section to wish Casper a Happy Birthday. One person said: "Happy birthday Casper. My boy is 17 today, can't believe where the time goes."
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Another joked: "Happy birthday Casper ….. do you ever run out of present ideas?" The Radford children were born between 1989 and 2020, with Sue giving birth to their youngest child Heidi on April 3, 2020. Sue and Neil are also parents to Chris, Sophie, Chloe, Jack, Daniel, Luke, Millie, Katie, James, Ellie, Aimee, Josh, Max, Tillie, Oscar, Hallie, Phoebe, Archie and Bonnie. Their 17th child, Alfie, was sadly stillborn in July 2014. All of their children live at home apart from Chris, Sophie and Millie.
The family previously went on a trip to Disneyland (Instagram/ @theradfordfamily)The family also look after their dogs, border collie Lola, French bulldogs Bluebell, Ivy and Mabel, and miniature dachshunds Cookie, Minnie and Dolly. Sue and Neil have been married for over 30 years and do not claim any benefits. Since December 2021, the family have enjoyed vacations to Disney World, Lapland, New York, France and the Lake District, to name a few.
In a video released earlier this year, the parents refuted claims that they cannot afford to pay for their family. Sue said: "I think that people don't kind of realise that we don't just have the bakery we have like obviously we have YouTube and the TV program and there's all different kinds, you know, it's not just one income there."