Kate Beckinsale shared an emotional tribute to her late stepfather Roy Battersby on what would have been his birthday on Easter Sunday. 

The actress, took to Instagram to share a beaming picture of Roy, who died in January 2024, holding up an Easter egg and standing next to a bouquet of daffodils. 

Kate also shared an adorable throwback snap of herself as a child with Roy holding her and another of them both with her daughter Lily Sheen and her mother Judy.

Paying tribute to Roy, she wrote: ‘Happy birthday Roy. Given I’ve been waiting all day can you rise again – ideally tomorrow …that would be great. 

‘You being ᴅᴇᴀᴅ is really f***ing wearing now. I love you so very much and I wish you had been here to have your birthday and Easter on the same day but anyway see you tomorrow. I shall be waiting at the mouth of the cave.’ 

Roy was a British television director and died in January 2024 at the age of 87.

Kate Beckinsale shared a sweet tribute to her stepfather Roy Battersby on what would have been his birthday on Easter Sunday

The actress, took to Instagram to share a beaming picture of Roy, who died in January 2024, holding up an Easter egg while next to a bouquet of daffodils

Kate’s father and Judy’s first husband Richard Beckinsale died in 1979, aged 31, when the actress was just five years old.

Kate is going through a difficult family time as her mother Judy is also battling stage four cancer. 

She revealed that Judy was sick last year not long after Roy died after suffering ‘a mᴀssive stroke’.

At the time, Kate spent weeks in hospital with a stress-related tear in her oesophagus after Roy died and her mother’s illness.

Last July, she gave an update on how she was coping, saying: ‘I just think people go through things in their life and we all face difficulties and I’ve been quite transparent about mine.

‘I’ve just been mainly dealing with my mother and she’s doing OK.’ 

At the time, she revealed her weight loss was down to the ‘stress and grief’ of the death of her stepfather and her mother’s diagnosis.

Just last week, Kate shared pH๏τographs of herself and Judy out for a walk as they enjoyed some quality time together. 

Kate also shared an adorable black and white throwback snap of herself as a child with Roy holding her.

She wrote: ‘Happy birthday Roy. Given I’ve been waiting all day can you rise again -ideally tomorrow …that would be great’

Roy was a British television director and died in January 2024, at the age of 87

For the day out, Kate wore a cheery white fur coat over a beige shirt, pairing it with some black and grey checked trousers.

The Underworld star added a pair of black boots with huge platforms sporting the word ‘F***’ on one and ‘OFF’ on the other.

She wore some circular black sunglᴀsses with black lenses, matching them with a black headband.

Kate accessorised with a dangly gold cross ring on one ear and a gold hoop on the other, as she joined her mum for a cute afternoon in a park. 

Judy, 78, wore a black zip-up jacket with white flecks as she sat smiling in a wheelchair alongside Kate. 

Kate captioned the post: ‘Breathing air and hugging trees and rounding up geese babies and life life life.

‘Myf let us down by trying to eat some moody looking prawn crackers on the floor but other than that it was a celebration.’

On Mother’s Day, she shared a tearful tribute to her mother, reᴀssuring her that ‘any journey you are on, I’m on it with you’ amid her cancer battle.

It comes after Kate enjoyed a wholesome day out with her mother Judy last week after opening up about her parent’s stage four cancer diagnosis

Actress Kate wore a cheery white fur coat over a beige shirt, pairing it with some black and grey checked trousers

Describing Judy as her ‘partner in crime’, Kate posted a carousel of pH๏τos from throughout her mum’s cancer treatment, as well as memories that hold a special place in her heart.

Kate admitted they have been ‘through some s**t together’ and that her mum has her heart in an emotional caption.

In recent days, Kate also asked for good wishes to be sent to her ‘extraordinary’ mother.

Returning to Instagram after an absence, she penned: ‘I wasn’t going to come back to Instagram but anyone who has a spare prayer or magic or miracle or sunbeam please send it to my mama, my most extraordinary, warrior, generous, humble, loving, unique, irreplaceable Mama.

‘Thank you – Lord, keep her safe this night, secure from all her fears, may angels guard her while she sleeps till morning light appears, amen.’