Ruth Langsford marks Remembrance Sunday as she shares rare throwback photo with her late father who served in the REME for 27 years
Ruth Langsford marked Remembrance Sunday as she shared a rare throwback photo with her late father Dennis.
The This Morning presenter, 60, honoured her parent as she revealed he had served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) for 27 years.
In the black-and-white photo taken in 1960, Dennis is seen proudly cradling Ruth as a baby while wearing his uniform.
Lest we forget: Ruth Langsford marked Remembrance Sunday as she shared a rare throwback photo with her late father Dennis from 1960
Ruth penned alongside the photo: ‘Remembering all service men & women, past & present today – especially my Dad Dennis who served for 27yrs in the R.E.M.E.
She poignantly added: ‘This is him & me in 1960 #rememberancesunday #lestweforget.’
As the clock struck 11am, The Queen, Boris Johnson, Prince Charles, Prince William and other member’s of Britain’s elite marked the two-minute silence before laying their wreaths to mark Remembrance Sunday.
While celebrities David and Victoria Beckham, Tamara Ecclestone and Rebekah Vardy also marked the day with poignant posts on social media.
Moving: The This Morning presenter, 60, honoured her parent as she revealed he had served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) for 27 years
Services for Remembrance Sunday this year are greatly impacted due to the pandemic, with a full lockdown in England and other restrictions in place across the UK.
Ruth’s father Dennis was 84 when he died in 2012 from complications from dementia, after 57 years of marriage to his devoted wife, Joan.
The presenter previously broke down in tears on Loose Women while talking about losing a parent to Alzheimer’s.
Ruth got emotional as she spoke about watching her late father Dennis succumb to the disease and the heartbreaking impact it had on her mother.
Respect: The Queen, Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnson lead politicians and royals who paid their respects to Britain’s war dead at the Cenotaph on Sunday
Poppy appeal: While celebrities David and Victoria Beckham, pictured, Tamara Ecclestone and Rebekah Vardy also marked the day with poignant posts on social media
The presenter, who is married to news anchor Eamonn Holmes, revealed the hardest part was watching her elderly mother lose ‘the love of her life’.
Ruth emotionally shared: ‘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.
Heartbreaking: Ruth’s father Dennis was 84 when he died in 2012 from complications from dementia, after 57 years of marriage to his devoted wife, Joan
‘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.’
Upsetting: The presenter previously broke down in tears on Loose Women while talking about losing a parent to Alzheimer’s