Warwick Davis makes first red carpet appearance since death of wife

The Star Wars and Harry Potter actor, 54, flashed a grin to cameras arsenic helium stepped our with his histrion girl Annabelle, 27, astatine the 2024 Pride of Britain Awards astatine Grosvenor House successful London connected Monday.

Davis looked astute successful a navy bluish velvet suit teamed with a airy bluish garment and a brace of achromatic patent shoes for the yearly event.

His woman Samantha, besides an actress, died aged 53 successful March.

Samantha co-founded the dwarfism foundation Little People UK and featured successful the last Harry Potter film, alongside Davis.

“Her passing has near a immense spread successful our lives arsenic a family. I miss her hugs,” Warwick said successful the connection to the BBC.

He described “Sammy”, arsenic helium called her, arsenic his “most trusted confidant and an ardent protagonist of everything I did successful my career”.

Davis continued: “She was a unsocial character, ever seeing the sunny broadside of beingness she had a wicked consciousness of humour and ever laughed astatine my atrocious jokes.”

The mates met connected the acceptable of George Lucas’s movie Willow and joined 3 years aboriginal successful 1991.

Samantha besides played a goblin successful Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 portion her hubby played some Professor Flitwick and the goblin Griphook successful each 8 films successful the franchise.

In summation to Annabelle, they were besides arrogant parents to lad Harrison, 21.

This twelvemonth marked the 25th day of the Pride of Britain Awards, which alternatively of celebrities, honours the bonzer achievements of mean radical crossed the UK.

Hosted by Ashley Banjo and Carol Vorderman, it was well-attended by a fig of celebrated faces.

Among them was influencer Lottie Tomlinson, the sister of vocalist Louis Tomlinson.

She paid a touching tribute to her sibling’s One Direction bandmate Liam Payne, pursuing his shock decease aged 31 past week by dressing successful an elegant all-black ensemble.

Earlier connected successful the day, the large prima had shared a poignant connection from a car window, expressing her sorrow implicit Liam's passing."

Home with a dense heart. Rest successful peace, Liam, you were loved by truthful galore and volition beryllium truthful greatly missed. Sending truthful overmuch emotion to everyone,” she penned.