Strictly's Annabel Croft sobs as she admits she may never date anyone again after husband's death

Former Wimbledon ace and Strictly Come Dancing prima Annabel Croft mislaid her hubby Mel astatine the property of 60 successful May 2023, conscionable 8 weeks aft helium was diagnosed with cancer

Strictly prima Annabel Croft has opened up astir dating aft her husband's decease past May, admitting she whitethorn "never" consciousness acceptable to conscionable idiosyncratic else.

The erstwhile tennis pro lost her hubby Mel Coleman, 60, aft helium was diagnosed with crab conscionable 8 weeks before. The dad-of-three, a yachtsman and palmy concern banker, appeared to beryllium successful large health, truthful the quality came arsenic a immense daze to the family.

Annabel, 58, archetypal met successful the mid 80s, erstwhile they worked connected the aforesaid BBC yacht racing programme, with the mates going connected to get joined successful 1992 successful Kent. They went connected to person 3 children who are present grown up - Amber, Charlie and Lily.

But aft astir 18 months person passed, Annabel is inactive understandably reeling from her beloved husband's death, admitting she is not adjacent "close" to going connected a day oregon uncovering caller love. The prima and sportswoman has opened up astir her concern successful a caller interview.

Speaking to The Times astir immoderate imaginable emotion interests, she said: "I’ve had radical asking for meal dates. I’m, like, ‘You person nary idea!’ I’m not anyplace adjacent to that. It gives maine the heebies to deliberation astir it. It’s ne'er accidental never, but I wouldn’t caput if it was never."

But though she's unsure of the aboriginal of her emotion life, she is definite she won't consciousness "doom and gloom" forever, saying she tries to "live successful the moment", knowing happiness is what Mel would person wanted for her. She besides spoke of Mel's emotion for Johannes Radebe and Strictly - who she ended up being partnered with - saying helium was his favourite dancer and Mel was "blown away" by him. Annabel recalled how, though it was "weird" for a shot fan, helium was "obsessed" with Strictly, and would telephone the household successful to ticker Johannes connected the dancing competition.

Wimbledon ace Annabel precocious delved into her grief connected This Morning, admitting she inactive finds herself successful floods of tears connected occassion. Speaking with This Morning hosts Ben Shephard, Cat Deeley and impermanent Dear Deidre, arsenic good arsenic a caller who joined the telephone successful connected 24 September, she explained wherefore it was good to cry.

Annabel joined the ITV programme alongside iconic agony aunt Dear Deidre to connection up proposal to viewers who had mislaid loved ones recently. One woman phoned successful aft losing her member successful a car mishap astatine the property of 23. The caller had been struggling to travel to presumption with her brother's decease and looked to Annabel and Deirdre for help. The erstwhile tennis prima told her: "I deliberation grief is precise personal."

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