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Phil Spencer has returned to work on Location, Location, Location following the tragic car crash that killed both of his parents.<\/p>\n
The property expert, 53, was shown briefly on camera by his colleague and friend Kirstie Allsopp as she revealed that they were shooting together once more on the popular Channel 4 show.<\/p>\n
Phil shared his gratitude with fans for their \u2018lovely comments\u2019 in the aftermath of the accident after Kirstie explained she hadn\u2019t been sure what to post on the site after her last one had been about Phil\u2019s dad David (born Richard), 89, and mum Anne, 82.<\/p>\n
She had shared the news of their accident and subsequent deaths on Instagram and paid tribute on behalf of the Spencer family, writing that in the situation \u2018the only blessing is that they died together, so will never have to mourn the loss of each other\u2019.<\/p>\n
The farmer couple \u2013 who had been together for over 60 years \u2013 were heading out for lunch at a nearby pub, accompanied by their carer, when their car toppled over a bridge, fell into a shallow river on their Littlebourne property and flipped upside down.<\/p>\n
Both were killed, while their carer survived but was injured.<\/p>\n
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\u2018So we\u2019re back at work filming on Location, Location, Location and I didn\u2019t quite know what my next post on Instagram would be because the last post was about Phil\u2019s mum and dad and you all put such lovely, lovely messages and Phil was so grateful,\u2019 Kirstie said to camera while filming in the grounds of a stately home in Cheam.<\/p>\n
Panning around to show that she had \u2018found him\u2019, Phil, who also presents Love It or List It with Kirstie, stepped into view with a smile and \u2018hello\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m very grateful thank you, and I haven\u2019t put anything on Instagram either. I do appreciate people\u2019s lovely, lovely comments,\u2019 Phil then said.<\/p>\n
\u2018You see, he\u2019s English and he\u2019s a man and he\u2019s done really, really well so round of applause to Phil for doing that and \u2013 thank you, you\u2019ve all been so kind,\u2019 Kirstie added.<\/p>\n
\u2018He\u2019s back at work, and was very, very touched by all your messages, I even managed to get him to say it on insta. Bless him \ud83d\ude18\u2019 wrote Kirstie in the caption.<\/p>\n
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Fans flooded the comment section once more with their support as one wrote: \u2018A lovely man, so glad to see him back after such a difficult time.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Lovely to see you both. Take it gently from here,\u2019 added another.<\/p>\n
\u2018Thinking of you and your family Phil,\u2019 shared someone else.<\/p>\n
Kirstie had previously revealed how the Spencer family were coping in the aftermath of their heartbreak, telling the\u00a0BBC\u2019s Newscast\u00a0podcast:\u00a0\u2018(Phil\u2019s) got a lovely, lovely family and they\u2019re very, very close and they\u2019re all together.<\/p>\n
\u2018In fact, his sister was married yesterday, which they went ahead with and today they\u2019re all going to the pub for lunch. The same pub that his parents were on the way to when they died.\u2019<\/p>\n
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She added: \u2018He\u2019s very stoical and pragmatic, and he feels very strongly that it was the right thing that his parents went together.\u2019<\/p>\n
After taking some time to process the horrific events, Phil himself spoke out and\u00a0revealed devastating details of how his parents died.<\/p>\n
His brother desperately\u00a0tried to save his mum and dad\u00a0by cutting them out of their car with a penknife.<\/p>\n
Phil also explained that he is trying to take \u2018comfort\u2019 in knowing that they died together.<\/p>\n
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\u2018As a family we are all trying to hold onto 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,\u2019 he shared.<\/p>\n
\u2018Although they were both on extremely good form in the days before (hence the sudden idea to go out to lunch), Mum\u2019s Parkinson\u2019s and Dad\u2019s Dementia had been worsening and the long-term future was set to be a challenge.<\/p>\n
\u2018So much so that Mum said to me only a week ago that she had resigned to thinking \u201cnow it looks like we will probably go together\u201d. And so they did.<\/p>\n
\u2018That was what God had planned for them \u2013 and it was a good plan.\u2019<\/p>\n