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Max George has shared a touching tribute to his late bandmate Tom Parker. 

The Wanted singer died on March 30 aged 33 surrounded by his loved ones and bandmates, following a two-year battle with stage 4 glioblastoma.

Taking to his Instagram account on Sunday, The Games star, 33, shared a throwback snap with his 'true friend' Tom, relaxing on a sofa together, with Max doing a thumbs up sign as he cuddled his pal.

In a hugely emotive caption, he wrote: 'Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends leave footprints in your heart.'

Within minutes, fans of the pair flocked to the comments section to offer support as they reminisced on their friendship.

One fan said: 'He's lucky to have a friend like you mate.'

While another wrote: 'The friendship and true love you have for one another will never end bless you all #maxgeorge x.'

'The most special friendship. Soulmates forever. Sending you so much love max,' another fan gushed.

'Bless you. Absolutely heartbreaking. Xc' one follower simply said.

While another penned: 'The most beautiful friendship imaginable. He'll always be right by your side. Tomax foreverrrrr.'

The post comes after Tom's wife Kelsey Parker took to Instagram on Friday to share the moment she was reunited with her two children after her brave Loose Women interview.

Set to Ed Sheeran's Little Bird, the heartwarming video showed the mum-of-two, 32, hugging her daughter Aurelia, 2, and her 19-month old son Bodhi.

Captioning the adorable clip, the widow wrote: 'Thank you for all your lovely messages today. Not an easy interview but I'm proud I stayed strong, no tears.

'Thank you so much to the lovely ladies and the kind team at @loosewomen. Home to my babies in the sunshine. Happy weekend everyone'.

During her appearance on Friday's Loose Women Kelsey spoke of the heartbreaking moment she told Aurelia that the 'angels were coming to take daddy' on the day her husband Tom Parker died.

She explained that when Tom was in hospital her two children would ask 'when is daddy coming home' and would think he was at an appointment or an album signing. 

She also revealed that Tom 'sends her signs' every day since his death - for example setting car alarms off at 4am - and that she regularly talks to him. 

The Wanted singer Tom died aged 33 last month following a battle with brain cancer after he was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma in October 2020, and was given just 12 months to live by doctors.  

On the show Kelsey noted that Bodhi was too young to understand what was going on, Kelsey admitted that the process was more of a 'journey' with her daughter Aurelia, two.

She explained: 'When Tom went into hospice, she was confused and kept asking, 'is daddy coming home?'

'I did say he wouldn't be coming home,' Kelsey added.

Speaking of the day he passed, she continued: 'When I was leaving to go to hospice, I told her, 'I've got make sure the angels collect daddy. I need to make sure daddy goes to the angels'.'

Kelsey explained: 'The next day, I had to tell her that dad's dead, be honest that he's not coming back.'

'She's still trying to digest it, she each day will ask if he's at an appointment, or album signings, he was gone away a lot.'  

Adding that the youngster was still 'trying to digest' the tragic news, Kelsey admitted she is just trying to stay strong and 'get through each day'.