Beloved TV host and baker Mary Berry suffered a tragic loss in 1989 leaving her overcome with grief. The 88-year-old TV personality - who has written more than 80 books and become a household name after judging amateur bakes on The Great British Bake Off - lost her son William after he died in a car crash aged 19.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, she opened up on the tragic moment in her life when she had to tell her other son Thomas that his brother had died.
She said: "I remember when we told Thomas that William had died. He said, “But Mum, we had so much to do.” That’s his sadness. It stays with you." reports the Mirror.
William was studying business studies at a university in Bristol at the time of his death was travelling with his sister, Annabel, at the time of the fatal crash - however, she escaped unhurt.
Mary was later informed the tragic news that her son had passed away.
Previously during The Mary Berry Story, a BBC documentary about her life, Berry revealed her personal heartache and said: "It was a glorious January day and it was sort of 1 o'clock and he wasn't home.
"The doorbell rang and there was a policeman there, and immediately then I knew why. And he said, 'There's been an accident and I'm sorry to say your son is dead'."
She added: "Still, after all these years, his Bristol friends put flowers and notes at Penn church [the family lived in Penn, Buckinghamshire for over 40 years]. It’s lovely. I think he had an effect on his friends. I hope it made them drive more carefully."
Berry also shared that her faith has kept her strong and takes comfort in the hope she will see William in the afterlife. She said: "Oh, yes! I think so. Absolutely. I hope so. There is a comfort in that."
Mary shared her son William with long-term partner Paul Hunnings. The couple who married in 1966 also have two other children together - Thomas born in 1968 and Annabel in 1972.
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