Black Friday Britain's Got Talent Love Island All Stars Dancing On Ice Privacy Policy Friday, Feb 21st 2025 5-Day Forecast Advertisement Amanda Holden breaks down in tears as she discusses her beloved grandparents and her grief after their deaths Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By KATE DENNETT FOR MAILONLINE Published:22:48 GMT, 21 February 2025 |Updated:22:54 GMT, 21 February 2025 Amanda Holden broke down in tears as she reflected on her grandparents' deaths while visiting Southern Spain with Alan Carr. The presenter, 54, took a trip down memory lane while she and Alan, 48, visited Granada in the Andalusia region on the latest episode of their BBC renovation show. In the new episode of Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job, which aired on Friday night, Amanda became overwhelmed with emotion as she discussed her grandparents. She revealed her maternal grandparents had visited Granada in 1983 and pulled out a selection of photographs that her grandfather had taken during the holiday. Some of the photographs were taken from the very same place Amanda and Alan were visiting, while another showed her grandmother Ethel swimming in the sea. 'My grandad used to take photographs all the time and he would write on the back of the photos,' Amanda told Alan as she showed him the photographs. Amanda Holden broke down in tears as she reflected on her grandparents' deaths while visiting Southern Spain with Alan Carr on BBC's Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job 'As a family we used to take the mickey out of him a little bit, but I always used to say to my mum that when he was gone we'd be grateful.' Amanda then gushed over her grandmother Ethel's 'feisty' personality as she became tearful while looking at the picture of her enjoying a day at the beach. 'When I see my Nan coming out of the sea, I remember her as this vibrant go-getting - she was feisty and so stubborn right until she died at 97,' Amanda said. The Britain's Got Talent judge choked back tears as she told how people take their loved ones for 'granted' as she spoke about her grief after her grandparents' deaths. 'When they're around you just take them for granted. The luckiest thing for me was that I actually had grandparents,' she said through tears. 'Without getting to maudlin, you know, they were on holiday, having a lovely time, a lovely drink - like what we're doing - then one day, they're just gone!' 'I feel a bit teary,' Amanda admitted as Alan comforted her and gave her a hug. Amanda had a very close relationship with her grandmother Ethel and was left devastated when she passed away at the age of 97 in July 2018. The presenter, 54, took a trip down memory lane while she and Alan, 48, visited Granada - where her grandparents previously went on holiday - and became tearful discussing them Amanda had a very close relationship with her grandmother Ethel and was left devastated when she passed away at the age of 97 in July 2018 At the time, Amanda shared a heartfelt tribute to Ethel to her Instagram page as she told how she would 'live in our hearts' forever. She wrote: 'All the stars we steal from the night sky will never be enough… My darling Nanny has left us. She will live in our hearts forever.' Before her death, Amanda described Ethel as her 'ultimate role model' as she gushed over their close bond. In a 2017 column for The Sun, she shared: 'She just FaceTimed me and has an opinion on everything, from my hair (she prefers me with a fringe) to what I'm planning to wear on this year's Britain's Got Talent.' 'Nan worked full-time in administration in an ice cream factory while raising a family,' she went on. 'I can only hope I'm as good a role model to my girls as she has been to me.' Amanda shares her daughters Lexi, 19, and Hollie, 13, with her husband Chris Hughes. 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