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Dad of 22 Noel Radford defends getting wife Sue pregnant when she was 13 and he was 17


Noel Radford has defended getting his wife Sue pregnant when she was 13 and he was 17, and said they "were both just kids" when he discovered he was going to be a dad

In their book titled The Radfords: Making Life Count, Noel opens up about the scrutiny they faced when their youthful fling resurfaced due to their public image on television. The couple raised eyebrows when their TV show revealed Sue had just turned 14 when she welcomed their first child, while Noel was 18 and a half. Fast forward thirty years, and the couple are now proud parents to a whopping 22 children: Chris, 34, Sophie, 30, Chloe, 28, Jack, 26, Daniel, 24, Luke, 23, Millie, 22, Katie, 21, James, 20, Ellie, 18, Aimee, 17, Josh, 16, Max, 15, Tillie, 13, Oscar, 12, Casper, 11, Hallie, eight, Phoebe, seven, Archie, six, Bonnie, five, and Heidie, three.

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