The photo of smiling Ellie Soutter taken at her cousin’s wedding

Portrait of a carefree teenager: The photo of smiling Ellie Soutter taken at her cousin’s wedding a month before she was found dead at a French ski resort that will sit on top of her coffin

  • Rising star of snowboarding was found dead in the French resort of Les Gets
  • She was caught on camera at the end of June beaming at a cousin’s wedding
  • The photo will sit on top her coffin at her funeral before her ashes are scattered

Ellie Soutter, a rising star of snowboarding, was found dead in the French resort of Les Gets last week. She is pictured at her cousin’s wedding at the end of June

Beaming as she chats with a friend, tragic Ellie Soutter looks the picture of a carefree teenager.

Ellie, a rising star of snowboarding who was found dead in the French resort of Les Gets last week, was caught on camera at the end of June as she enjoyed her cousin’s wedding.

On Thursday, the photograph will sit on top her coffin at her funeral before her ashes are scattered on Mont Chery, her favourite mountain.

Ellie’s father, Tony, 53, paid tribute to her, saying: ‘From this day on, every snowflake that falls on Les Gets will have been ridden by Ellie first.’

In tribute to her ‘amazing short life’, he has pledged to create the Ellie Soutter Foundation to help young Britons become winter sports athletes like her.

Her uncle, Jeremy, said: ‘She was her bubbly, effervescent self at the wedding. She enjoyed it so much. 

‘She was in great spirits and was really just the lovely Ellie that she is. You could never have anticipated this.’ 

Ellie is believed to have taken her own life on Wednesday – her 18th birthday – shortly after being selected to represent Team GB at the Junior Snowboard World Championships in New Zealand next month. 

She had been tipped to represent her country at the 2022 Winter Olympics. 

The French resort of Les Gets, where Ellie is believed to have taken her own life on Wednesday

The French resort of Les Gets, where Ellie is believed to have taken her own life on Wednesday

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