07 November 2023 , 12:38
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Sarah Beeny has revealed her beloved father has died in a heartbreaking tribute.
The popular presenter, 51, announced the sad news today on Instagram, saying: "Goodbye my wonderful, fun, supportive, lover-of-life father. Thank you just for being you. May you rest in peace xxx." The property expert posted the tribute alongside photos of architect, Richard, including one of her dad at her wedding day.
Sarah spoke about her father's health issues previously after he suffered a stroke six years ago. Revealing she didn't tell him about her breast cancer diagnosis in fear he would mistake her for her late mother, she said: "He sometimes knows who I am, then he doesn't remember.
Sarah Beeny has revealed her beloved father has died in a heartbreaking tribute (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)"He knows that his first wife died of breast cancer. He gets lots of things muddled up and my fear is that if I tell him, and tell him that I'm going to be fine, he'd remember the fact that I'd got it, but not that I was going to get better. He'd think I was my mother."
Last month, Sarah shared an update on her battle with cancer as she revealed she had undergone surgery to have her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed.
Sarah Beeny issues breast cancer update from hospital and shows off 'tattoos'
In her latest update, the property expert took to her social media telling her followers her cancer treatment was continuing. The star was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 and underwent a double mastectomy.
Sarah's father, Richard, was a lover-of-life according to his proud daughterKeeping fans informed about her health, Sarah took to Instagram as she shared a photo of herself and husband Graham embracing outside the hospital as well as one of her in her hospital gown in bed.
Alongside the photos, she said: "Turns out little day surgery to whip out my ovaries and tubes as the last tick box after testing positive for #palb2 gene mutation isn’t quite the walk in the park I expected and flipping smarts - not feeling quite as jolly as when G dropped me this morning….. x PS thanks yet again to the totally brilliant @yeovil_hospital_nhs and your AMAZING wonderful staff x"
Sarah had the surgery due to testing positive for the PALB2 gene mutation. The PALB2 gene, which was only discovered in 2006, raises the risk of breast cancer when mutated, like the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
Despite her diagnoses and treatment, Sarah says she still 'feels the same', telling the BBC: "I was diagnosed with cancer a year ago, and honestly it didn't really change me at all. I mean it did obviously, because I had to go through treatment. But I would hate to think I'm a different person now."