The Saturdays singer and Radio 1 broadcaster welcomed her first child with cricketer Stuart Broad in November 2022, shortly before her father died of a brain tumour. Reflecting on that time, she told Women’s Health UK: “When I found out I was pregnant, my dad was the healthiest person I knew. He was really athletic; he’d run three marathons in his time and he was still super strong.
“And so, to then find out halfway through my pregnancy that he had a brain tumour and that we didn’t have long with him was such a shock – a shock feels like an understatement...
“I think (the lesson) is just be kind to yourself; to know that you never know what’s around the corner. “Also, that when you’re really, really pushed – that’s the hardest I’ve ever been pushed, learning to be a mum and then my dad passed away 10 days after the birth of Annabella – I actually think the big thing that I have learned is that we are stronger than we think we are. “And I think that we’ve all got it in us to be strong.
” Earlier this year King completed a 500km cycle from London to Hull for Comic Relief in memory of her late father and said she had not considered the emotional ramifications of the endeavour. She said: “It was so weird, because going into (the challenge), I didn’t really think about how it would be broadcast. All I was thinking about really was the more physical side of it.
.. And I did show a really vulnerable side.
“But it wasn’t really like it was a ch.
