Mary Berry makes emotional plea to fans after experiencing a tragic loss
Mary Berry makes emotional plea to fans after experiencing a tragic loss
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Berry is urging people to check in on their loved ones after the death of her son. Former Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry has made an emotional plea to her fans 35 years after the death of her son in a car accident. Berry, 89, who left The Great British Bake Off in 2016, lost her son William in 1989 when he was just 19, after an ill-fated trip to buy some newspapers.
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His son had borrowed his father Paul’s car for the trip, with his sister Annabel in the vehicle. Although Annabel escaped without any physical injuries from the accident from the crash, William sadly died. “I think I learned when we lost William how important it is to communicate or to talk with people who have lost one of their great family (members) or a friend. And not to walk down the street and cross to the other side of the road, but to go and just say something and try and remember something, a situation that you remember - how skilful they were, and what they won here - to get them to talk.”.
She added: “‘I’m not too worried whether I can go to the funeral. It’s much more important three weeks afterwards to pop around with - maybe they don’t like cooking - with something and to keep communication with those who become very lonely.
“I had a friend when Will died, she said ‘I’m going to Chelsea (Flower Show) and I’d love you to come with me’. At that time I thought I won’t ever feel like it again but to have that to look forward to, and to have something new to wear, and I was quite keen on gardening...It’s looking after those.
