They would have held hands under the water & quietly slipped away

Phil Spencer tribute to bridge tragedy parents

- TOM BRYANT

TV presenter Phil Spencer believes his parents "held hands and slipped away", after their car fell into a river on their estate.

The Location, Location, Location star's mother Anne, 82, and dad Richard, known to friends and family as David, 89, died on their way to lunch on Friday.

Phil said the accident is "what God had planned" so the couple could stay together after six decades of marriage and four children.