Lauren Laverne posted a sweet tribute to her son Mack as they celebrated his 16th birthday with front row seats at the Mulberry London Fashion Week show yesterday.The Desert Island Discs presenter shared the proud Instagram post, showing the pair matching in suits and white shirts, accessorised with Mulberry bags.Mack sat front row for the show alongside his mother and This Morning’s Cat Deeley. Lauren, 48, captioned her post: ’16 years ago today I was bringing this newborn mini fashion icon home from the hospital.’We had no idea of the fun that was to come. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate his birthday than by seeing the incredible @mulberrybychristopherkane #lfwshow.’ Lauren Laverne celebrated her son Mack’s (left) 16th birthday with front row seats at the Mulberry London Fashion Week show L-r: Mack, matching Lauren in a suit and white shirt, and This Morning star Cat Deeley’Thank you so much for making us so welcome, team @mulberryengland! Mack, we love you more than we can say. Happy 16th birthday to our fabulous boy. Xx’The post was flooded with many happy returns messages from Lauren’s celebs pals, with Claudia Winkleman commenting: ‘Happy happy birthday Mack.’ Sophie Ellis-Bextor wrote: ‘This whole post makes my heart happy ?? super stylin’ 16th!’And Mack’s godmother Myleene Klass commented: ‘Proud of you both, Godmama’, to which Lauren replied: ‘Thank you for raising him right along with us! Love you xxx’.Responding to one of her followers who commented that Mack looks as though he has ‘such a good sense of who they are’, Lauren proudly wrote: ‘Oh yes – he’s been 100% himself since day one! It has been such a privilege to watch him grow up.’Lauren shares sons Mack, and Fergus, 18, with her DJ husband Graeme Fisher. She recently spoke out on her family’s tight bond, admitting she was surprised by how ‘strong, resilient and brilliant’ her children were during her cancer battle. Lauren went public with her cancer diagnosis in August 2024, before being given the all-clear in November that year. In June 2026 Lauren reflected on the tough time to HELLO! magazine, admitting her children helped her through: ‘The kids have been absolutely extraordinary,’ she gushed. ’16 years ago today I was bringing this newborn mini fashion icon home from the hospital,’ Lauren captioned the post. ‘We had no idea of the fun that was to come”They’ve been so brave and loving, and it brought us even closer as a family. I’ve been so proud of the way they’ve handled it.’Lauren insisted that anyone in her position should trust their children to be able to cope with the situation as best they can.She added: ‘It’s made me determined to have honest, open conversations with the kids in an age appropriate way, so they don’t get any kind of nasty surprises around the corner. Our relationship has benefited from that.’It’s really hard telling your kids you’ve got cancer; I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.’But I’d say to anybody in that position: “Your kids will surprise you with how strong, resilient and brilliant they can be.”‘In July Lauren revealed that she had been diagnosed with smouldering myeloma, an asymptomatic blood and bone marrow disorder that in some people can develop into blood cancer.’Hi. So – personal news,’ Lauren began her post. ‘I’m quite a private person by nature but am sharing this as one of the many things I’ve learned after going through health challenges in recent years is that talking about this stuff helps people. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate his birthday than by seeing the incredible @mulberrybychristopherkane #lfwshow,’ Lauren said ‘I’ve been diagnosed with something called smouldering myeloma. (yes that is a weird name and no I’ve never heard of it either).’It’s an asymptomatic blood and bone marrow disorder that in some people can develop into blood cancer. Thankfully for me the risk of this happening in my case is pretty low.’She continued: ‘At the moment I feel OK and don’t need treatment. Most people my age who have it have no idea – it tends to be cancer survivors like me who are diagnosed early as we’re so carefully monitored.’It has nothing to do with my previous illness or my recent surgery, it’s just one of those things.’It is a chronic condition – no cure yet – and it does mean my immune system is a bit compromised, so I will need to take good care of myself and I will be carefully monitored with blood tests, MRIs and bone marrow biopsies (which I have recently discovered are even less fun than they sound).”It’s been a lot, especially coming less than two years after my last diagnosis, but I know that seeing others in the public eye with comparable situations has helped me, so I thought I’d be upfront about it.’Lauren, who has previously said that she has battled health anxiety stemming from the loss of her mother to cancer in 2022, continued: ‘I’ve had some difficult experiences in the last eight years, but I have learned more from them than some people do in a lifetime and that is helping me right now. I am so grateful for that.’She went on to thank her ‘family, friends and the 6 Music team for their love and support and to the doctors, consultants and nurses who have been helping me as well as my brilliant therapist, and my wonderful GP who are both always in my corner’.Lauren also gave praise to her GP, pointing out that ‘this is the second big problem my GP has caught early and it is frankly impossible to adequately express my gratitude’.’I was pretty blasé about my persistently low iron levels but he insisted we get to the bottom of what was going on. My message to others would be like him, not me!’Advocate for yourself if you need to and ask to see a haematologist if you are in the same situation.’