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Mary Berry’s heartbreak 36 years after losing son William in car crash

Mary Berry, who turns 90 next week, has opened up about the death of her son William in a car crash back in the 1980s

Mary, who turns 90 on Monday (March 24), spoke to Vogue ahead of her big birthday, opening up about son William’s death when he was a teen. Mary revealed she’d cooked roast lamb the night before – William’s favourite – and he asked to borrow the car to go and pick up the weekend papers. Visiting her son’s body after he died in the local hospital, Mary revealed to Vogue: “He just looked so beautiful and so lovely.

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