‘Mummy tried her best’ Helen Flanagan’s daughter left in tears by gutting news | Soaps

Helen Flanagan shared a heartbreaking family update, revealing on Social media that a recent holiday mishap left her little girl in tears.

The former Coronation Street star who played Rosie Webster on and off from 1990 to 2018, admitted how her eldest child Matilda broke down in tears after she couldn’t get an emergency passport in time to go on holiday.

Last year, the former I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! contestant decided to take Matilda on a mother daughter getaway to Italy’s picturesque Lake Como for some quality bonding time.

Unfortunately, Helen realised too late that her daughter’s passport was out of date, and despite her best efforts, was unable to renew it on time. The soap legend took to Instagram to express her disappointment on camera.

‘So I went down to Scotland, I fly to Lake Como on Thursday, to try to get Matilda an emergency passport and we’ve not been able to get one.’

‘I just thought I’d try it because it says a week, but you never know.’

Turning to her daughter in the emotional video, Helen addressed Matilda directly. ‘Mummy tried her best, didn’t she? Mummy has tried. Love you.’ In the caption of her post, Helen added: ‘My little girls cried on my shoulder, she was so looking forward to our trip.’

Adults are usually able to receive a replacement passport using the Passport Office’s one-day premium service, subject to appointment availability. Typically,passports can be available to collect within a few hours. Unfortunately, the service does not apply for new passports, or for those under the age of 16.

The fastest service available to get a new or replacement child passport takes one week. An appointment is still needed, along with trip to a passport office but since it all still relies on availability, nothing is guaranteed.

Helen is best known for her onscreen drama as Rosie Webster, the precocious wild-child daughter of the queen of Weatherfield’s aspirational middle-class Sally Webster (Sally Dynevor).The character earned a place in viewers’ hearts and memories when she was seduced, groomed and kidnapped no less than three times by her twisted tutor, one of the most unhinged villains to ever tread the Cobbles, John Stape (Graeme Hawley).

The actress is refreshingly open about her personal life online and loves to share updates with fans. She has previously used her platform to call out men who ghost women after sex, as well as share her difficult split from partner Scott Sinclair, with whom she has three children – Matilda, Delilah and Charlie.

Earlier this week, Helen revealed she had recently taken her daughter to the doctors due to concern regarding skin discolouration due to sun exposure.

Speaking on Instagram, she said: ‘So it’s back to everything being manic, even though I’m really stressed with the kids, I’m so much better because I don’t have time to think when I’m with the kids because all I get is ‘Mum, mum, mum!’ I don’t have time to think about myself because I’m so busy thinking about the kids. And I love that.’

‘Also, my little girl has basically…it’s not permanent, apparently it goes, but she’s had…in the sun basically there’s more discoloration in her skin. I took her to the doctors, I don’t know the correct name of it, but it is something that actually goes. But she’s getting more self-conscious of it and I wondered if anyone could recommend a good foundation.’

Fans hoping for more on-screen drama from Helen on the Cobbles may have a wait on their hands, as the actress has previously spoken about her desire to return to that iconic street where her career began.

She told the Liverpool Echo ‘Honestly if they want me to come back, I’d love to, but [show bosses] just haven’t spoken to me. Everybody always asks me, ‘When are you going back to Corrie? And it’s like, ‘They haven’t called me’. If you want to call me, that’s great. But they haven’t.’

‘I just really want to concentrate on my acting now. I feel really lucky. All my children are now at school so I want to concentrate on my career.

‘I’ve been very lucky. I’m just a normal northern, down to earth mum. I’ve been very lucky to have opportunities in the career I’ve had.’

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