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Catherine Tyldesley had a wholesome weekend with her family as she celebrated her 40th birthday with cake and drinks.
The star previously cancelled her birthday following the 'cakegate' scandal. She was due to celebrate on September 17, but the Mirror exclusively revealed Cath had called it off after the company she hired to arrange the party asked a baker to provide two cakes and 100 cupcakes for free.
And now, Catherine decided to have a quiet weekend at Mitton Hall Hotel and took to social media to share a glimpse inside the celebrations. The former Coronation Street actress posted snaps of an intimate family dinner and hotel stay at the Lancashire location.
Catherine celebrated her birthday with some cake (@auntiecath17/instagram)
She opted for a quiet evening with the family (@auntiecath17/instagram)"The most incredibly special weekend," she captioned the post. "'Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them out and enjoy their riches'. We’ve laughed till we friend, eaten ridiculously good food, and hugged each other so hard I’ve got ‘women’s whip lash’ [laughing emojis]."
Catherine continued: "I’m so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family. Grateful everyday. Especially my parents- who are the worlds most incredible souls. I can’t believe what they’ve done for me over the years- earth angels. Pair of diamonds our Janet & Graham."
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She rocked a warm grey knit jumper dress and boots for the occasion and posed for snaps with her father and baby daughter Iris, 16 months. The family enjoyed a lavish dinner inside the countryside hotel and, in one snap, the star was seen tucking into a delicious slice of cake. A few pictures showed the family cooing over little Iris.
Catherine looked gorgeous in a grey jumper dress (@auntiecath17/instagram)
Her daughter Iris also had a blast (@auntiecath17/instagram)She also enjoyed a night having drinks with her close friends, including former Coronation Street co-star Samia Longchambon. Her birthday celebrations come after she was criticised over the cakegate scandal. Although the requests from party firm NVRLND were apparently made without Cath’s knowledge, she was caught up in the backlash after the owner of Three Little Birds bakery in Keighley, West Yorkshire hit back saying she couldn’t pay her mortgage or staff on payment “in the form of promotion on their socials”, so would have to decline the “very generous” offer.
After facing horrendous trolling online, sources said “blindsided” Cath had decided to pull the plug on her big birthday plans and will have a quieter celebration with friends and family instead when she turns 40 next month, after originally wanting to mark the milestone birthday with a huge bash.
It follows a tough month for the actress, who is best known for playing Eva Price in Coronation Street. She even posted a video on social media clarifying she had no idea emails asking for freebies for her party were being sent to businesses. Filming the clip – which she called ‘Cakegate – The Truth - in her car, Cath told her 646,000 followers: “Cakegate, what?! So, I had no idea those emails were being sent. I'm not working with the lovely OK! magazine on anything that I'm aware of and NVRLAND are an amazing company. They've supplied me with performers in the past.
They're insane and they've been completely misrepresented in this matter. Utterly bizarre. Don't really know what to say. I mean I hope the cake lady got the exposure she was craving, whilst I’ve got journalists knocking on my front door while my kids are playing in the front room, dead nice that babes. Thanks for coming.”