HER split from celebrity chef Phil Vickery after 20 years of marriage stunned the TV world. And after finally coming to terms with the most difficult period of her life, telly fave Fern Britton has opened up about her agony.
She has now spoken candidly about the “tough time” — which also saw her lose both parents alongside a family pet in three years of hell.
Her actor dad Tony Britton, whose string of TV and film credits include Eighties BBC sitcom Don’t Wait Up, died age 95 in 2019.
That same year, Fern’s 94-year-old mum Ruth also passed away. As well as enduring the loss of her parents, Fern insists she and Phil have now come to terms with their separation, saying: “It’s been hard, but there is life again.” Fern, 63, said: “We did have.
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