West: Grieving parents is a 'work in progress'

THE actor son of Prunella Scales and Timothy West has said he has been touched by the "great outpouring of love from people" after his parents died within a year of each other.

- JENNY GARNSWORTHY

All Creatures Great And Small star Samuel West said he is still coming to terms with his father's death in November 2024, followed by Scales's death last month.

He told Good Morning Britain (GMB): "The really simple stuff, like when they die you won't see them again. You think you understand what that means, but then they die and you realise you don't. So it's all a work in progress really."

He added: "We're meant to bury our parents, aren't we? We might as well do two in a year, the practice is kind of useful."