Peter Andre paid tribute to his late brother Andrew this afternoon, wishing him a happy birthday in a heartfelt post.
The 47-year-old singer lost his older brother in December 2012, after an 11-month battle with kidney cancer.
At the time of his death, a spokesperson described Peter as “devastated” by the loss.
Marking Andrew’s sixty-second birthday earlier today, he said: “Happy birthday my brother RIP.”
He added: “Thinking of you everyday until we meet again.”
The praying-hands emoji accompanied the touching tribute to his big brother.
Peter admitted he has been thinking of Andrew “everyday” following his tragic death (Image: ITV)
Peter’s fans and celebrity pals flooded the comment section below, paying their respects to Peter’s beloved late brother.
Born in London, the Andre family relocated to Australia during Peter’s childhood, growing up on the Gold Coast.
While writing his 2016 autobiography Between Us, Peter admitted he struggled to address his brother’s death in one chapter.
Andrew died in December 2012, after an 11-month battle with kidney cancer
Some of his family – with three remaining brothers and one sister – have confessed to finding the chapter too painful to read.
Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning, Peter said: “We were nearly two weeks late delivering it [the book] because it was the only chapter I couldn’t do.
“My brother’s won’t read it. They said, ‘Bro, we hope you don’t mind, we’re not being rude by we really don’t want to read it.'”.
Peter admitted he struggled to address his brother’s death in his 2016 autobiography (Image: Instagram)
Peter discussed the family’s grief over Andrew’s tragic death, admitting it “tore” the family “apart”.
He said: “We are so close that the pain is as great whoever it is and it happened to be our eldest brother, who was quite young, and it tore us apart.”
“We have not to this day three, four years later sat down as a family and talked about it. We just sort of move it away because it literally is still so raw.”
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