ITV Loose Women fans concerned over 'missing' star in 25th anniversary group photo

Loose Women marked its 25th anniversary with a new silver jubilee-inspired portrait featuring 18 of the show's panellists

Stacey Solomon has gone missing from ITV Loose Women's anniversary snap - as the huge cast got together to mark 5 years on our screens. The mum-of-five was missing from the group shot amid rampant speculation over her future on the programme.

ITV Loose Women marked its 25th anniversary with a new silver jubilee-inspired portrait featuring 18 of the show's panellists. Jane Moore, Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and Ruth Langsford appear in the group photo as well as Janet Street-Porter and Coleen Nolan, Linda Robson and Denise Welch and Brenda Edwards.

Christine Lampard, Judi Love, Katie Piper, Kelle Bryan, Frankie Bridge, Dame Kelly Holmes, Charlene White, Sunetra Sarker and Olivia Attwood-Dack also feature. It comes as fans remain concerned over Stacey's future on the show, with her appearances becoming more and more infrequent owing to her roles on the likes of Sort Your Life Out on the BBC.

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Ruth said: "I was on Loose Women from the very start and I have noticed a huge difference in how much more open people are about talking about difficult subjects. I believe that we have helped bring that about because we bring honesty to the show, we bring our own lives to the show."

"We talk about very difficult, painful things in our lives, but we know that that reflects what people are going through themselves at home and now we talk about Alzheimer's, suicide, divorce, all sorts of things that were a little bit taboo and I think it's great that we do that."

Loose Women editor Sally Shelford said: "Over the last 25 years, Loose Women has tackled taboos and talked about issues not openly discussed on television, including domestic abuse, menopause, miscarriage and grief. Our incredible audience in the studio and at home have always been the fifth Loose Woman, and we promise to keep talking, sharing and shining a light on important subjects like these for our amazing viewers."

Managing director of Daytime Studios at ITV Studio Emma Gormley added: "Loose Women is Britain's longest running panel show and 25 years on, continues to lead the conversation on so many topics that reflect the lives of our viewers, from agenda-setting campaigns to lunchtime laughs with the women."

"I'm immensely proud to work with a brilliantly talented team on and off screen and be able to celebrate the milestone anniversary with this wonderful silver jubilee themed shoot."