Tess tells of heartbreak amidst MBE honour joy

TESS Daly has told how she’s heartbroken she cannot celebrate her MBE appointment with her late dad.

- BY JESSICA SANSOME

The 56-year-old TV star lost Vivian in 2003 - a year before she co-hosted BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing with the late Sir Bruce Forsyth.

She said it would have meant everything if he could see that her services to broadcasting has been recognised with a Member of the Order of the British Empire honour from King Charles, 76.

Speaking to Fearne Cotton, 43, on the latest episode of the Happy Place podcast, she said: “I wish my dad could know about this because I sadly lost him many years ago, about 22 years ago, before I even had kids.

“So he never saw me on Strictly. He loved Bruce. He loved ballroom dancing. He'd have loved that moment.