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Spencer Matthews has revealed he wanted to find late brother's body for his mum Jane, after retracing Michael's steps on Mount Everest for a new Disney+ documentary.

The former Made In Chelsea star, 34, filmed Finding Michael with the help of survivalist Bear Grylls and record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal 'Nims' Purja, after his sibling disappeared on Mount Everest in 1999.

Ahead of its release, he told The Sunday Times: 'He's frozen in time. I'm his big brother now. I was unable to stop thinking about it. I wanted to bring him home for my mum.'

Spencer added: 'I found the idea unbearable of him being out there on the mountain, alone, with people walking past him en route to the summit.

'I'm not the most emotional person but the nearer we got to the mountain, the more potent my feelings became. It's the closest I've felt to Mike since his death.' 

Michael Matthews became the youngest Briton to reach the summit of Everest at the age of 22, but disappeared on the mountain just three hours later.

The trailer for Finding Michael begins with Spencer looking at a picture of his brother wearing a red ski jacket, saying: 'I hate the picture. All I see is a young man in the process of losing his life.'

He continues: 'Michael was my big brother. 20 odd years later we are sent this photograph of a body, it looks like it could be Michael. 

'My heart says we should go and find him. And if we can, bring him home. 

'We need the best people possible. We have one of the greatest, Nims Purja. We have to look all over the mountain.'

Spencer can be seen kissing his wife Vogue Williams, holding their new-born baby, who says: 'God I hope you find him.' 

She is later seen getting emotional while on a video call to Spencer who is out on the expedition.

World '14 peak' record holder Nirmal leads the 10-man search crew armed with drones and the trailer shows the crew as they face unexpected and extreme challenges as well as intense time pressures when the weather closes in.

TV presenter and executive producer Bear says: 'Stay safe. If you get hold of Mike, I hear his voice screaming that one loud.'

He later added: 'On average, seven people every year of those attempting Everest will lose their lives. 

'No mountain is worth dying for a second time over.'

Spencer retraced the 'exact steps' his sibling took when he died descending the world's highest peak in 1999.

Michael is said to have got in trouble after beginning to make his way down the south descent through the 'death zone' on May 13, 1999.

He was the brother of Pippa Middleton's husband, the racing driver turned hedge fund manager James Matthews, 47.

The experienced mountaineer, who had previously conquered Aconcagua, the Pyrenees and

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