Ellie Simmonds broke down in tears as she composed a letter to her birth mother in scenes from her new documentary Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family.
The paralympic swimmer, 28, became emotional as she read out notes from the letter, including that she was not angry with her birth mother for giving her up for adoption and that she has always known she was adopted.
Last year, Ellie decided to search for her blood family after finding out she