BBC Fake or Fortune expert Philip Mould apologises to guests after crushing pop legend news

During the latest occurrence of the BBC deed show, Fiona Bruce and creation adept Philip Mould took connected the fast-growing marketplace for stone euphony memorabilia.

BBC Fake oregon Fortune's Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould were backmost connected our TV screens arsenic they took connected the fast-growing marketplace for stone euphony memorabilia.

Sisters Niki and Kerry were brimming with anticipation arsenic they presented their 'Silver Queen', a Hawaiian alloy guitar, which they hoped had been owned by Rolling Stones legends Ronnie Wood oregon Keith Richards.

Their precocious dad, a one-time scenery gardener for Ronnie Wood successful the 70s, had near them the guitar, that helium got from Ronnie's clip surviving astatine The Wick successful Richmond, London.

Niki recounted however Anita Pallenberg, Ronnie's then-girlfriend, gave the greenish airy for them to stitchery belongings from the location arsenic the set departed the UK.

During Thursday night's episode, the Surrey siblings stood by, waiting anxiously successful the assemblage with Philip arsenic they sought confirmation connected whether the guitar their begetter rescued from The Wick genuinely had a past with Ronnie Wood oregon Keith Richards.

Kerry expressed her eagerness, saying: "I'm rather excited conscionable to spot what you've learned." But contempt the situation posed by the stone icons being connected tour, Philip revealed that helium had successfully reached retired to Keith and Ronnie's representatives, reports the Express.

A shocking revelation near a guitar proprietor gutted connected the Antiques Roadshow arsenic helium disclosed: "In the lawsuit of Keith, we asked him if helium had immoderate recollection of your guitar and I'm acrophobic the reply is helium doesn't. He conscionable simply can't retrieve immoderate relocation of it."

Moving connected to Ronnie, Philip work retired a reply from his manager: "Having spoken to Ronnie portion connected tour, I've shown him pictures of the instrumentality and I'm acrophobic helium had nary representation of this guitar."

The missive besides included details astir The Wick's lively past, saying: "Lot of antithetic musicians visited The Wick erstwhile Ronnie lived there. It was an incredibly engaged clip with him creating the archetypal signaling workplace astatine the location wherever David Bowie, Mick Jagger and helium created It's Only Rock 'n' Roll."

The devastating stroke came with the last portion of the letter, stating: "Some radical near instruments truthful it could person belonged to a visitant and with nary photograph of him and the guitar together, we can't accidental that it was his."

Regrettably turning to the women, Philip expressed his apologies: "I'm truly sorry." Kerry was understandably upset by the news, responding: "That's a shame."

Niki chimed successful with a consciousness of having anticipated specified news: "We ever knew it would beryllium a possibility, didn't we?" In a twist of hope, Philip suggested that the communicative mightiness not beryllium over, hinting: "I don't deliberation this communicative is implicit yet."

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