Phil Spencer's dad's cause of death revealed

Phil Spencer's dad died of a lung injury after a car crash in August.

The TV presenter, 53, lost his father Richard, 89, and mother Anne, 82, in the summer when they were involved in a car accident in Canterbury, Kent, which saw the couple veer off the road and into a river on their Littlebourne estate.

An inquest into Richard's death has now revealed the 89 year old died from a lung injury after his car overturned in the river.

The 'Location, Location, Location' host took to his Instagram page a week after his parents' passing to share a heart-breaking tribute to them.

He wrote: "Very sadly both of my amazing parents died on Friday. As a family we are all trying to hold onto the fact Mum and Dad went together and that neither will ever have to mourn the loss of the other one. Which is a blessing in itself."

Phil also explained that his mother had been diagnosed with Parkinson's, while his father was suffering from dementia.

He wrote: "Although they were both on extremely good form in the days before (hence the sudden idea to go out to lunch), Mums Parkinson's and Dads Dementia had been worsening and the long term future was set to be a challenge.

"So much so that Mum said to me only a week ago that she had resigned to thinking, 'Now it looks like we will probably go together'. And so they did. That was what God had planned for them - and it was a good plan. (sic)"

While he was devastated over the loss of his parents, Phil he was comforted that they passed together.

He said: "It feels horrendous right now, but after almost 60 years of marriage - to die together on the farm they so loved will, I know, be a comfort in the future. Mum Dad are together which is precisely where they would have wanted to be."