Ruth Langsford shared a sweet tribute to her late father and sister as she marked Father’s Day on Sunday.
The presenter, 64, posted a throwback snap of her dad, Dennis, with her elder sister Julia on his shoulders.
Ruth’s father died aged 84 back in 2012 from complications from dementia, after 57 years of marriage to his devoted wife, Joan.
Meanwhile her sister Julia, who had battled depression for years, was found dead at the age of 62 in June 2019.
Paying tribute to the pair, Ruth penned: ‘Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful Dads out there….hope you’re having a fantastic day being spoilt by your families.
Ruth Langsford has shared a sweet tribute to her late father and sister in a throwback Father’s Day snap for Father’s Day on Sunday
The presenter, 64, posted a throwback snap of her dad, Dennis, with her elder sister Julia on his shoulders
‘I’m remembering both my wonderful Dad Dennis and my sister Julia today….this is them on a day out while my Mum was still in hospital with me just after I’d been born. Singapore 1960’.
The tribute comes after Ruth and her husband Eamonn Holmes announced their plans to divorce last month after 14 years of marriage and 27 years together.
Ruth has previously opened up about her dad’s passing as she revealed the heartbreaking impact it had on her mother.
Discussing his death back in 2017 on Loose Women, she confessed the hardest part was watching her elderly mother lose ‘the love of her life’.
She said at the time: ‘I was grieving and losing my dad but my mum was losing the love of her life, the man she married and had children with.
‘They had years and years of memories. You don’t often hear people talking about that side of it.
‘When my dad went into care, my mum was so distraught… I’m sorry,’ she said, wiping a tear from her eye.
Ruth, herself a mother-of-one, continued: ‘You do hope, but you know they probably won’t get better.
‘I’m sorry, sometimes I just can’t talk about it. It’s thinking about my mum, that side of it that gets to me.’
Paying tribute to the pair, Ruth penned: ‘Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful Dads out there….hope you’re having a fantastic day being spoilt by your families’
Ruth has previously opened up about her dad’s passing as she revealed the heartbreaking impact it had on her mother Joan (pictured 1999)
Ruth’s sister Julia, who had battled depression for years, was found dead at the age of 62 in June 2019.
Meanwhile she admitted last year that losing her sister was the ‘hardest year’ of her life.
According to The Mirror, she said: ‘The hardest year of my life was when my sister died. I can’t even tell you what year it is, because I’ve blocked it from my memory really.’
Ruth said Eamonn and their son Jack, both supported her and she told how her job also helped her after Julia’s death as it gave her ‘structure’ back in her life.
‘Eamonn was amazing during that time and Jack and then work,’ she said.
‘I needed a focus, which was – get up and I would cry in the shower – have a big old bawl – and then I could almost cut it off and go: “right, come on, time for work, dry your hair, go to work”.
‘I needed that, because I could lie and cry all day about my sister. I needed that focus and structure back in my life.’
On Friday it was revealed that Eammon has reportedly grown close to a divorcee 22 years younger than him, following his split from Ruth.
While his friendship is not said to be a reason for the marriage breakdown it is understood that Ruth was unaware of her until recently and has decided to take time off work.
Eamonn is being comforted by a younger female pal, relationship counsellor Katie Alexander, 42, who he has been on a ‘string of outings with’, according to The Sun.
The mother-of-three has now been seen visiting Eamonn at his rented apartment in South West London from her home in Yorkshire.
The tribute comes after Ruth and her husband Eamonn Holmes announced their plans to divorce last month after 14 years of marriage and 27 years together (pictured in 2019)
Eamonn has reportedly grown close to a divorcee 22 years younger than him (pictured in red ring), following his split from Ruth
Katie was spotted driving to and from his luxury flat on Friday.
The pair reportedly struck up a friendship over the past couple of years and the publication claims Eamonn has taken her on a safari park trip, to a Manchester United game and a Beyoncé concert.
Eamonn has reportedly grown close to the woman over the past year.
While his friendship is not said to be a reason for the marriage breakdown it is understood that Ruth was unaware of her until recently and has decided to take time off work.
The source said: ‘Ruth was obviously aware that her marriage was crumbling, but as details emerge, her upset has turned to anger.
‘Eamonn’s friend is bowled over by being lavished with attention and kindness from him.’
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