Celebrities share poignant messages to loved ones who have died

Mary Berry and Rio Ferdinand are among the famous faces speaking out about their grief in a new campaign to raise awareness about family bereavement.

The short film, which also features Prince William, sees celebrities describing what they would say if they had one more minute with their loved one.

With moving poignancy, Berry, whose son William died in a car accident, said: "If I could have one more minute with William, what would I say? I would thank him. I would thank him for being a brilliant son."

Ferdinand, whose wife Rebecca died in 2015, said: "I'd definitely ask her about what she wanted with the children growing up, at different stages, poignant moments in their development. Tell her I love her... there's loads."

And television star Jason Watkins, whose two-year-old daughter Maude died in 2011, said: "I think if I were to have another minute with her I think I'd say I'd remind her of all the wonderful things that she'd given us and all the wonderful things that we did.

"And talk about as much as I could in that minute. All the wonderful feelings she gave us and the joy, and that she won't be forgotten and that she's handed on all her beauty to her sister and to us, and that we'll never forget her."

Every day 111 children in the UK lose a parent. And over 10,000 children and young people die each year.

The charity Child Bereavement UK made the One More Minute campaign to highlight the needs of children and families facing bereavement.

The charity's CEO, Ann Chalmers, said: "What we hope is that it will raise awareness of the experience of families. We hope that it's something people will relate to. We hope that if people feel touched by the films they'll be interested in looking at the One More Minute website and finding out more about the charity and its work. And we also hope that people will find a way to access the support that they might need after bereavement."

One of the charity's young ambassadors is Rebecca Gascoigne whose mum died from breast cancer when she was five.

She is also filmed in the campaign video and says the charity helped her accept and manage her grief.

"They turned my life around. I started receiving individual counselling and then I progressed onto group projects. But through all that, the charity have showed me my life didn't have to end when my mother's did, and that I have so much to live for and so much to make her proud of. And that, I wouldn't have seen without their help."