Nigella Lawson has spoken for the first time since her father Nigel Lawson’s death aged 91.
The former chancellor, who served in Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet in the 1980, died on Monday (April 3), prompting a flood of tributes from politicians including prime minster Rishi Sunak.
On Twitter on Tuesday, the TV chef, 63, broke her silence following the news of the former MP for Blaby’s death, thanking her followers for their support.
She wrote: ‘Thank you for all your kind messages. And I’ll be back on here properly tomorrow.’
Her followers were quick to share their condolences, with one writing: ‘So sorry for your loss Nigella. Take care and take time for yourself.’
‘Take time. Go steadily. And know you are supported by so much love,’ a fan shared, while another told the Nigellissima star to ‘take as much time as you need.’
A fourth sympathised: ‘So sorry for your loss Nigella, I lost my dad very recently so I know how you must be feeling.’
The My Kitchen Rules judge was one of Lord Lawson’s six children and one of four he had with her late mother Vanessa Salmon.
The Domestic Goddess previously told Metro.co.uk that, despite her father’s career, politics wasn’t a common topic for conversation among her family.
She said: ‘I had absolutely no politics at all when I was at Oxford – I just worked and had fun. My father would never expect me to agree with him about anything in particular [laughs].
‘And, to be honest, we never talk about politics much. I’ve never been all that political in any serious sense. I have seen enough of politics to know that I have absolutely no desire to get mixed up in that kind of life.
Paying tribute to Lawson on Twitter, Sunak said the party grandee ‘was a transformational chancellor and an inspiration to me and many others’ as he paid tribute on Twitter.
Former PM, Boris Johnson paid tribute and said: ‘Nigel Lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market Conservatism.
‘He was a tax-cutter and simplifier who helped transform the economic landscape and helped millions of British people achieve their dreams.
‘He was a prophet of Brexit and a lover of continental Europe. He was a giant. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.’
Best known for his role as chancellor, Lawson retired from the House of Lords in December, ending a parliamentary career stretching back nearly five decades.
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