Today’s broadcast of Good Morning Britain was put on hold as presenter Kate Garraway rushed to comfort a grieving wife.
Emotions ran high on the latest episode of Good Morning Britain as Kate Garraway quickly stepped in to comfort a grieving wife.
During the ITV programme Kate and Robert Rinder spoke with Louise Shackleton, who had accompanied her husband to the Dignitas facility in Switzerland. Her husband, Antony, had battled MND for six years before making the difficult decision to end his life in December.
Earlier this year, Louise appeared on GMB, expressing that if assisted dying were legal in the UK, her family could have been by her husband’s side when he passed away. Since then, Louise has been informed that she will not be facing criminal charges.
On Friday’s programme, Rob explained to viewers that Louise had voluntarily contacted the police to share the details of what her husband had done, which in turn prompted an investigation.
He continued: “10 months you waited, during that time they said you have a legal duty on pain and prosecution to protect and preserve anything that might be evidence, that included your husband’s computer, didn’t it?”
Good Morning Britain interrupted as Kate Garraway offers comfort to mourning wife
Today’s broadcast of Good Morning Britain was put on hold as presenter Kate Garraway rushed to comfort a grieving wife.
GMB: Kate hands guest tissues during emotional conversation
Emotions ran high on the latest episode of Good Morning Britain as Kate Garraway quickly stepped in to comfort a grieving wife.
During the ITV programme Kate and Robert Rinder spoke with Louise Shackleton, who had accompanied her husband to the Dignitas facility in Switzerland. Her husband, Antony, had battled MND for six years before making the difficult decision to end his life in December.
Earlier this year, Louise appeared on GMB, expressing that if assisted dying were legal in the UK, her family could have been by her husband’s side when he passed away. Since then, Louise has been informed that she will not be facing criminal charges.
On Friday’s programme, Rob explained to viewers that Louise had voluntarily contacted the police to share the details of what her husband had done, which in turn prompted an investigation.
He continued: “10 months you waited, during that time they said you have a legal duty on pain and prosecution to protect and preserve anything that might be evidence, that included your husband’s computer, didn’t it?”
Louise confessed that no one had officially told her about it, though she was aware of the situation due to her past work in the legal sector, the Mirror reports.
Her husband made the decision to end his life in December(Image: ITV)
Speaking about the laptop, she explained: “I didn’t know what was on it, but I knew that’s where he made his arrangements because he could speak into it.”
Kate interjected: “So now you’ve got the relief, if relief is the right word in the situation that you’re living with, that that isn’t going to go ahead.
“It then led you to open up his laptop and take a look, because you hadn’t felt you could in case you were accused of corrupting evidence.”
When questioned about what she had found on the laptop, Louise become emotional and began to tear up, prompting Kate to quickly offered her comfort and support.
Kate was quick to support the guest who was getting emotional on the ITV show(Image: ITV)
Louise responded: “I’m sorry, it was a love letter to me from my husband. It was the last thing that he’d written-” Kate cut her off, saying: “I’m going to get the tissues, because I know that this is hard.”
Louise, clearly thankful for the support, continued: “Sorry, thank you. He was clear in it that this was for me for when I came back. It was him trying to support me, knowing that times were going to be hard for me and the boys.”
“It was just him supporting me, but it was his last words for me, and I’d been denied those for 10 months. The police didn’t take any of his electronic equipment.”
As the interview drew to a close, Louise expressed her support for introducing assisted dying laws in the UK. She explained: “If you don’t want to have an assisted death, you don’t have to have one, that’s your choice.”
