Annabel Croft has admitted she’s “still trying to process” the death of her beloved husband Mel Coleman.
Mel, 60, died in May last year just weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Annabel has previously said that by the time the doctors found it, it was “everywhere“.
Signing up to take part in 2023’s Strictly Come Dancing proved to be a welcome distraction from her grief, but Annabel has admitted that when she’s at home on her own, just one look at pictures of their old life together sends her into floods of tears.
Admitting recently she hasn’t collected Mel’s ashes yet, Annabel said simply that, without him, “nothing matters any more”.
Annabel Croft admits Christmas was ‘really hard’ without husband Mel
Speaking to Woman & Home, Annabel said: “I have three piles of unopened letters [from well-wishers] and feel awful because people have been so kind to take the time to write, but every time I start to read them, I can’t stop crying. I’m too emotional and too raw at the moment. Christmas and New Year were really hard.”
She said the festive period was full of tears “because they’re such big markers”. And, she added, the family had “such a normal” Christmas and New Year the previous year.
‘That keeps him there’
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