Ex-England footballer Rio Ferdinand's wife Kate Ferdinand paid an emotional tribute to Rebecca Ellison, the late mother of her stepchildren, on Mother's Day which was celebrated in Britain on Sunday.

Kate married former England football star Rio Ferdinand in 2019, following the death of his wife Rebecca in 2015, then 34, due to cancer. Rebecca and Rio, who got married in 2009, have three children, sons Lorenz, 13, Tate, 10 and daughter Tia, eight.