Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke has paid a heartfelt tribute to the singer on Christmas day, which was also have been his 66th birthday – following the singer’s death November 30.
The journalist, 58, took to Instagram with a sweet snap of the couple and said the festive period had been much harder than she expected.
The Pogues” frontman Shane had been battling viral encephalitis and was released from hospital in Dublin shortly before passing away surrounded by his family.
Victoria, who had been in a relationship with Shane since the age of sixteen, captioned the post: ‘Today is really really hard much harder than I expected it to be. I just can’t stop crying and I want to be with him so much it physically hurts’.
‘I don’t know how people get through this but I do know that they do and people do feel joy even after they lose their person’.
Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke has paid a heartfelt tribute to the singer on Christmas day, which was also have been his 66th birthday – following the singer’s death November 30
Victoria, who had been in a relationship with Shane since the age of sixteen, captioned the post: ‘Today is really really hard much harder than I expected it to be. I just can’t stop crying and I want to be with him so much it physically hurts’.
The journalist took to Instagram with a sweet snap of the couple and said the festive period had been much harder than she expected
Adding: ‘Shane always said that even though he was born on Christmas Day he was much more focused on it being Jesus’ birthday and he felt like that was the most important thing about Christmas so I am asking for Jesus and the angels to help me today’.
Victoria also broke her silence on Wham!’s Last Christmas beating The Pogues’ 1987 hit The Fairytale of New York to Christmas Number One despite a rally from fans.
Taking to X formerly known as Twitter, she wrote: ‘I love Wham!!! We loved George’.
And while the hit lost out on the top spot, the record earnrd Shane a small fortune during his life time.
And it has now been reported the star left behind an estimated £4.3million fortune.
The Mirror reported that the singer raked in between £216,000 and £260,000 a year in royalties from the 1988 festive classic which also featured the late Kirsty MacColl.
MailOnline have contacted Shane’s representatives for comment.
The musician died ‘peacefully’ with his wife Victoria and family by his side.
The Pogues’ frontman Shane had been battling viral encephalitis and was released from hospital in Dublin shortly before passing away surrounded by his family (pictured together in 2022)
Victoria also broke her silence on Wham!’s Last Christmas beating The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York to Christmas Number One despite a rally from fans (Shane pictured with Kirsty MacColl in the video)
Wham has hit the Number One spot with song Last Christmas – despite its 1984 release
Taking to X formerly known as Twitter, she wrote: ‘I love Wham!!! We loved George’
Appearing on Woman’s Hour, Victoria opened up about their nearly four decades together, saying she was ‘communicating with angels’ to help her deal with the loss.
The Irish journalist told Radio 4’s Anita Rani that she was ‘shaky and dazed’ after the adrenaline of organising her husband’s funeral, and also opened up on how his long battle with booze and drugs left her fearful throughout their relationship that he might overdose, have an accident, or die.
Victoria joked that it was like having a ‘four-year-old with a credit card and a car’, saying living with the singer was ‘dramatic, like being in a soap opera but with the volume turned up. It was really, really intense.’
She continued: ‘I was always wondering, will he overdose? Will he get arrested? Will he have a nasty accident? Will he die?’
The writer also opened up about her own struggles saying she went ‘through hell’ at times, wanting to take her own life and ending up in the Priory after taking drugs including heroin.
Appearing on Woman’s Hour, Victoria opened up about their nearly four decades together, saying she was ‘communicating with angels’ to help her deal with the loss (pictured in 2007)
Victoria touched upon the early days of their romance, including how she fell for the singer in her teens, saying the ‘unusual looking’ star had ‘Jimi Hendrix attitude’ and his first line to her was: ‘Buy my friend a drink, it’s his birthday’.
Speaking about the loss, she said: ‘Shane is still very much with me, I really feel him, I feel a real, genuine connection.’
Victoria told Rani that throughout her life she’s had therapy and support, turning to Buddhist meditation, yoga and the technique of channelling to help her deal with the pain of MacGowan’s death, saying: ‘I have to credit my angels. I spend a lot of time meditating and communicating with angels.’
