Deidre Sanders was left fighting back tears as she made her first appearance of the year on This Morning. The show's agony aunt appeared live via video link on Tuesday's show (January 3) as hosts Josie Gibson and Andi Peters congratulated her on her nod in the King's New Years Honours.
Deidre has been awarded an MBE for services to charity and mental health in the first round of honours under the new monarch. More than 1,100 people across the country have been recognised for their contributions to society, community or their area of work including politicians, actors, sportspeople, and community heroes.
But Deidre's honour was bittersweet as she discovered she'd been awarded an MBE just days before her husband of 55 years, Rick, passed away.
