TV presenter Phil Spencer’s 'devoted' parents ‘killed in car accident near their home’ in Kent

TV presenter Phil Spencer's parents have died in a car accident near their home.

In a post on Instagram, Spencer, 53, said: “Very sadly both of my amazing parents died on Friday.

“As a family we are all trying to hold on to 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.”

Spencer said the accident is “what God had planned for them” so the couple could stay together after six decades of marriage and four children.

Describing the moments before the accident, he wrote: “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."

Fellow Location, Location, Location presenter Kirsty Allsopp told fans to join her in “sending so much love” to Spencer.

His mother Anne and father David were killed on Friday near their home in Kent.

Sharing a photograph of the late couple, the 51-year-old wrote: “This lovely photograph, recently taken at their home in Kent, is of Anne and David Spencer, I am desperately sad to have to say that they were both killed yesterday in a car accident near their home.

“They were farmers, animal lovers and devoted parents to Robert, Caryn, Helen and Philip and adored their eight grandchildren, the only blessing is that they died together, so will never have to mourn the loss of each other.

“I suspect many of you may want to join me in sending so much love to Phil and all his family.

“Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers, thank you.”

Spencer and Allsopp are most well known for presenting Location, Location, Location together for more than 20 years.

The duo, who have worked together since the year 2000, have appeared in 39 series of the hit Channel 4 property programme, as well as spin-off shows including Relocation, Relocation.

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