RING & KATE

Kate was studying in Italy when her dad called, he’d like to see her, it was high time she made the trip home to see her old man. She’d not been feeling well and when she arrived in London her dad sent her to see his doctor. He diagnosed an underactive thyroid. He also told her that her father had 6 months to live. John died soon after at the age of 52. Kate’s mother Anthea continued to wear her wedding ring. John had given it to her in 1966, made in Hatton Gardens from an old brooch of his grandmothers. 20 years later Anthea was on the train home when she looked down to see that the diamond was missing. She searched up and down the carriages. She’d promised the ring to Kate. Years before she’d given Emma, Kate’s sister, a bracelet to remember her father by. The diamond was eventually found, nestled in the bottom of Anthea’s bag. She immediately gave it to Kate who had it re-set, the new ring bears the initials of her father John Wilson.

30 Jun 2013