Dame Deborah’s moving moment with doting dad
She leads Father’s Day tributes
It is an affectionate moment that every parent of girls treasures.
And for Dame Deborah James and her father Alistair, brushing his daughter’s hair is a particularly poignant gesture.
Marking what she expects to be her final Father’s Day, terminally ill Dame Deborah, 40, dedicated a post to her father as she revealed she no longer has the strength to brush her own hair.
Nicknamed Bowel Babe, the mother-of-two, who has raised more than £6.7million for Cancer Research UK, previously revealed she wanted to celebrate by having a ‘whisky or two’ with her ‘unsung hero’ father.
In another touching post, Dawn French paid tribute to her late father with a picture of herself as a girl, writing: ‘Love you & miss you very much. Happy Father’s Day.’
Meanwhile, it was dad in the hairdresser’s chair for the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, 75. His wife Sally, 44, shared a video of their twins Gracie and Alice laughing as they give their father a silly hairdo.
Prince Charles posted a touching tribute to Prince Philip as he marked his first Father’s Day without the Duke of Edinburgh.
the future king, 73, also shared a picture of himself as he relaxed in the grounds of Birkhall, his home on the Balmoral Estate, with a young William and Harry sat either side of him. And Prince William, who turns 40 tomorrow, shared a sweet family photo with his three children on holiday in Jordan.