Kate Beckinsale mourns the loss of stepfather Roy Battersby, confirms his death

Kate Beckinsale mourns the loss of stepfather Roy Battersby, confirms his death – A few days ago Kate Beckinsale caused great concern among her fans by publishing a photograph in the hospital just after the Golden Globes gala.

By Megan Sauer

In reality, it was not she who was hospitalized, but her mother’s husband, who in December had to be hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke.

Back then, Kate asked her fans to pray for her stepfather, whose health was rapidly declining, and ultimately was unable to overcome the cancer he was diagnosed with last summer.

His stepfather was the television director Roy Battersby, responsible for very popular series such as ‘Between The Lines’, ‘Inspector Morse’, ‘Cracker’ and ‘A Touch of Frost’ – Roy died on January 10 at the age of 87 years, surrounded by his family and loved ones.

The next day the British star shared a cryptic post of a black square on Instagram that implied that she was in mourning, and now she has confirmed the news on Instagram by publishing a video tribute to her stepfather that was made by one of the accounts. of the social network run by his admirers.

“I still have no words. Thank you @katebeckinsale_slovakia2 for doing something so beautiful. I fought for you with everything I had. Oh Roy, I’m so sorry for losing,” Kate wrote alongside the montage of photos and videos that shows part of her life with Roy.

Kate’s mother, Judy Lowe, married Roy in 1997, coinciding with her 50th birthday, and since then he had played a very important role in the life of the actress, who lost her own father, who also actor Richard Beckinsale, in March 1979 of a heart attack, when she was 5 years old.