Ex-EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella gives birth to adorable baby boy and names him after her late brother
FORMER EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella has given birth to an adorable baby boy named after her late brother.
The actress, 38, announced her happy news on Instagram this afternoon with a sweet snap of little Ben.
She wrote: “Ben Ross Boardley 
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“A perfect miracle given to us on a day when so much was taken away.
“Named after the very best of men. He will do them so proud, I know it already.”
The birth is extra poignant as it comes on the 14th anniversary of Ben’s uncle’s murder aged just 16.
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To celebrate finishing their GCSEs, Ben and his friends were out in June 2008 near his family home in Islington, North London, when he was attacked by Juress Kika, Jade Braithwaite and Michael Alleyne, then aged 19, 18 and 20.
It was over an argument he had not been involved in. The trio spotted Ben and his mates walking to get a taxi and cornered him.
They stabbed him 11 times in just five seconds. In 2009 all three got life after being convicted of murder.
Brooke played Kelly Taylor in EastEnders for three years from 2001 to 2004. Following Ben’s death in 2008, she has dedicated herself to anti-knife crime campaigning.
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She married husband Simon, 43, in 2017 and made no secret that she wanted more kids following the birth of her daughter 18 months ago.
She said: “I come from a really big family and I’m so close to my siblings.
“Having someone to go through life with is really important and I’d love to give Elsie that. There’s plenty of room in our home for another little one.
“We’re not getting any younger, so obviously we need to think about these things, but I’m not in a rush.”