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Tom Parker's wife Kelsey forced to miss Louisa Lytton's wedding in Italy

Tom Parker's grieving wife Kelsey Parker was forced to miss Louisa Lytton's wedding.

Kelsey, who lost her husband Tom in March this year, was so excited to watch the former EastEnders actor walk down the aisle.

But the mum-of-two was unable to make the event as it was her Grandmother's 90th birthday party.

Louisa told OK! Magazine Kelsey was "so excited" to fly to Siena, Tuscany.

She said: "She was so excited to come but she couldn’t make it. She actually had her grandma’s 90th birthday. She definitely would have been there if it wasn’t such an important occasion back home.

"But she’s got so much going on."

On Friday, Kelsey revealed a new plaque in memory of Tom, who died following a brave battle with brain cancer.

The plaque read: "Thomas Anthony Parker - Loving Husband, Son & Father Forever In Our Hearts 04.08.88 - 30.03.22".

"One thing that did go well today is that we finally got Tom's plaque on our family bench.

Kelsey was unable to attend Louisa Lytton's wedding in Italy (@being_kelsey/Instagram)
Louisa got married in Tuscany over the weekend (Instagram/ @instagazman)

"We created this place for my Uncle Neil who sadly died 16 years ago today, also to cancer (F you cancer!) at the age of 35.

"We have loved coming here to remember him, honour him, think about our precious memories with him so making this Tom's space too just felt so right.

"To have somewhere that me and our kids can come to for Tom means the world and I wanted to share it with all of you #positiveparkers #3littlebirds."

Kelsey's pal Louisa tied the knot with Ben Bhanvra after having to postpone their big day three times due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The pair were engaged in 2019 after Ben popped the question in the Maldives.

When the 31-year-old saw Louisa walking towards him, he welled up.

Speaking of her relief, Louisa said: "I felt like we had finally done it. It’s the same for any Covid bride.

Louisa said that she understood that Kelsey had a lot on (Instagram/ @bennnyy__)

"And I think we’re just so relieved. I remember us giggling at the altar, just thinking about how long it took to get us here.”

“Yeah, we couldn’t stop giggling with tears in our eyes,” Ben agreed.

The newlyweds are on their honeymoon in Italy with 10-month-old daughter Aura.

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Tom passed away in March this year following a brave battle with brain cancer (Kelsey Parker/Instagram)
Louisa has been sharing beautiful photos with her Instagram followers (Instagram)

Louisa said how she couldn't stop crying over how much effort her friends had made to watch her get married.

The three-day wedding kicked off on Friday with a pizza party at the villa where 90 guests stayed for the weekend.

The couple wanted to get married in Italy as her mum is half Italian.

For all the pictures of Louisa's special day pick up a copy of Ok! magazine from Tuesday July 12 or visit OK.co.uk

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