{"id":366269,"date":"2026-03-26T13:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/366269\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:46:16","slug":"coronation-street-star-kate-spencer-shares-heartwarming-family-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/366269\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street star Kate Spencer shares heartwarming family news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations are in order for former Coronation Street<\/a> star Kate Spencer, who has revealed she has welcomed a baby boy with husband Paul Walker. The actor, who played the role of Grace Vickers<\/a> between 2019 and 2022<\/a>, confirmed back in October that they were expecting a baby.<\/p>\n

Sharing a black-and-white Instagram<\/a> picture yesterday focusing on the newborn baby’s feet, she announced to her followers: “Baby Zach burst into the world last week and safe to say, we are utterly besotted.<\/p>\n

“Life will never be the same again, and for that, we are eternally grateful,” Kate added.<\/p>\n

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Fans have since sent their congratulations to the star, one writing: “Welcome to the world gorgeous Zach!”<\/p>\n

“O my goodness wonderful news, well done you and welcome baby Zach. I hope you\u2019re all doing well,” another added, while a third wrote: “Congratulations to you both. Enjoy the newborn bubble. Thinking of you all.”<\/p>\n

Unveiling her pregnancy a few months ago, Kate shared<\/a> a sweet picture alongside Paul as she held up a baby scan photo by a river.<\/p>\n

“19 weeks of loving you, forever to go!” she wrote. “Hugely grateful, blessed and unbelievably excited to be welcoming the next generation of the Walkers into our family in March 2026.”<\/p>\n

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The couple married four years ago<\/a> and the actor confirmed the happy news with a series of Instagram Stories messages from friends, as well as a picture of a view outside her childhood bedroom, where she stayed the night before the nuptials.<\/p>\n

“Woken up to this beaut on my Wedding Day,” she wrote at the time. “The view from my childhood bedroom window never gets old.”<\/p>\n

Upon their engagement<\/a> the year before, she told followers: “After the Tomahawk steak, before the Tiramisu, and with a coffee in hand, he turned me into an absolute blubbering mess. A million times over, completely and utterly yes.”<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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