Phil Spencer breaks silence with heartrenching detail of parents double death

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TV presenter Phil Spencer has broken his silence after both of his elderly parents were killed in a car crash on Friday.The Location, Location, Location host shared a statement and a photograph on Instagram, which showed his father Richard, 89, and mother Anne, 82.

In his statement he explained their car had fallen into the river that flows through their home's estate. His parents were both suffering from illnesses - his mother had Parkinson's and his father had dementia.The 53-year-old said it was "a blessing" that "neither will ever have to mourn the loss of the other one." The statement, posted to Instagram reads: "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. "Although they were both on extremely good form in the days before (hence the sudden idea to go out to lunch), Mums Parkinson's and Dads Dementia had been worsening and the long term future was set to be a challenge. "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. "The car, going very slowly, toppled over a bridge on the farm drive, upside down into the river.There were no physical injuries and I very much doubt they would have even fought it - they would have held hands under the water and quietly slipped away. "Their carer was in the car and managed to climb out of a back window so the alarm was raised quite quickly.