21 August 2023 , 10:10
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Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer revealed his mother predicted she and his father would 'go together' a week before they tragically died in a car crash.
The TV star's mother Anne, 82, and father Richard, 89, died on Friday lunchtime when their car careered into a river. They were on their way to a pub for lunch when their car veered off the access road into a shallow tributary river running through their estate in Littlebourne, near Canterbury, Kent.
Richard and Anne, who were married for almost 60 years, were pulled from the car and taken to the hospital. Sadly Richard was pronounced dead and Anne died later. A woman, in her 60s, was also in the car and suffered minor injuries. Phil recently broke his silence and paid tribute to his parents.
Phil's parents died in a car crash last week (Instagram)In the tribute, he opened up about his mother's eerie predictions about her death. "As a family, we are all trying to hold onto the fact Mum and Dad went together and that neither will ever have to mourn the loss of the other one. Which is a blessing in itself," he explained on Instagram.
"Although they were both on extremely good form in the days before (hence the sudden idea to go out to lunch), Mum's Parkinson's and Dad's Dementia had been worsening and the long-term future was set to be a challenge."
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Speaking about the prediction she had, Phil added: "So much so that Mum said to me only a week ago that she had resigned to thinking 'now it looks like we will probably go together'. And so they did. That was what God had planned for them - and it was a good plan."
He revealed his mum had a prediction about her and her father's deaths (Sandra Rowse/REX/Shutterstock)
The couple were on the way to the pub for lunch when they got into the accident (Raise the Roof Productions)Following their deaths, Phil's co-star and friend Kirstie Allsopp has said it came as a comfort to the presenter that his parents were together when they died. The property presenter was with his siblings David, Caryn and Helen last night following the tragedy and have been comforting each other since.
Kirstie told The Sun: “I’ve spoken to Phil and it’s tragic for the Spencer family, but his parents were together and that’s something that is a great source of solace to them all. The family is very loving and close. This is awful for all of the family, but they were together at the end and they were lovely people."
Kirstie shared how Phil's parents were on their way to a pub on Friday afternoon. A close friend of the couple has also described them as a "lovely family" and the news has been "an absolute shock".