Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch's daughter rushed to hospital in Portugal in 'terrifying' 1am dash

Abbey Clancy has shared how the 'scariest thing on earth' happened to her and her husband Peter Crouch after they jetted off to Portugal for a spring break. The couple headed off to sunnier climes with their children over the recent Easter holiday.

In a brand new episode of their podcast, the model revealed that their trip was quickly hit by a setback when they had to rush their eldest daughter to hospital in a "terrifying" emergency dash at 1am.

Abbey, 37, admitted her fears over the hospital dash after Sophia, 12, contracted viral meningitis, which causes an inflammation to the layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord. Although rarely life-threatening, the virus must be treated immediately.

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The couple were then left even more scared after Sophia was taken into hospital when their youngest son Jack, three, then started coughing. It meant that Abbey and former footballer Peter were forced to return to hospital with their little one in fear that he had also contracted meningitis.

Abbey, who is also mum to Liberty, seven, and Johnny, five, said on The Therapy Crouch podcast: "The school holidays have been tough. We got to Portugal and Sophia was in hospital with meningitis which was just the scariest thing on earth.

"Being in a foreign hospital, language barriers, the words like meningitis being thrown around, lumbar punctures, brain scans. It was horrific - I felt so vulnerable - and scary. But I must say the medical care over there were just out of this world."

"These things always happen on a Sunday at one o'clock in the morning, just to add to that fear and that scariness of the situation. It can never be a normal hour," Abbey managed