Mary Berry pays emotional tribute to her late son (2024)

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Mary Berry pays emotional tribute to her late son? ›

'But, for our family, it is also a time of sadness, as we remember the loss of our son, William, 27 years ago, when he was just 19 years old. ' Mary, who visited the grave with Annabel, her husband Paul and three grandchildren, then spoke about Spring flowers and snowdrops, leaving viewers emotional.

Mary Berry faced tragedy when her son William died in a car accident in 1989. Mary says it was her Christian faith that sustained her: 'William's death deepened my faith; without its support, I really would have struggled.

If you've ever noticed that Mary Berry moves her left hand in an odd way that makes it look arthritic, it's the lasting result of polio. She was 13 years old in 1948 when she ended up hospitalized for three months during a polio outbreak.

Mary's daughter Annabel Bosher, 45, is married to Dan and they live on a farm in Oxford shire, less than an hour's drive from Mary's home, with their three children: Louis, 12, Hobie, ten, and Atalanta, six. Mary started as a judge on The Great British Bake Off in 2010 alongside the baker Paul Hollywood.

And he's terribly grateful to be near the children and grandchildren, who pop in. ' Mary and Paul have two children, Thomas and Annabel, and five grandchildren.

Annabel Mary March

Mary Berry / Daughter

In July 2011, three young siblings lost their parents in a tragic car accident on the way home from summer vacation in Colorado. The Berry family was traveling back to Houston when their vehicle was struck head-on by an SUV that had veered into their lane.

Berry had been diagnosed with having two uteruses (a bicornuate uterus), but the idea that it might result in pregnancy difficulties never bothered her until she had a series of three miscarriages. She decided to see a specialist, choosing one working with multiple patients with bicornuate uteruses.

At the age of 13, Berry contracted polio and had to spend three months in the Claverton Down Isolation Hospital.

Berry suffered from the disease for three months, separated from her parents by a glass shield. "Everybody thinks I've got arthritis,” she recently told Radio Times. “I look a bit funny when I'm rolling pastry, but I have no other difficulties whatsoever.”

Where does Mary Berry get her clothes from? ›

' She's not fussy about where they come from – Chinti & Parker's are 'sheer luxury' but she also has several from Tesco. When we meet, Mary is in the process of moving house, from one country village to another, so I hope she has allocated space for a huge walk-in wardrobe in which to store them all.

As well as a culinary career spanning six decades, Berry – who became a Dame in the 2020 Birthday Honours – has been happily married for 67 years.

Mary is now a multi- millionaire with a successful empire of cookery books, television shows and sales of her cooking equipment. At the beginning of her career, Mary worked for the Royal Kitchen where she worked for three years.

In 2019 she and her husband Paul downsized, moving to the nearby, and much coveted village of Henley-upon-Thames. But that wasn't the last she'd see of Watercroft. An involved seller, Mary regularly visited the family who bought it from her for cups of tea.

Each daughter has a brother which means if Mary has a son he will be bro to each of his 4 sisters. Hence Mary has 4 daughters & 1 son = 5 children.

Berry married Paul Hunnings in 1966. The couple has two sons and a daughter, though one son tragically died in a car accident, aged 19, in 1989.

Berry married Paul John March Hunnings in 1966. He worked for Harvey's of Bristol and sold antique books and is now retired. The couple had two sons and a daughter; in 1989 one of their sons died aged 19, in a car accident. Berry is a patron of Child Bereavement UK.

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