Love Island’s Maura Higgins postpones Ann Summers event ‘out of respect for Caroline Flack on the day of her funeral’
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Love Island star Maura Higgins has cancelled her Ann Summers swimwear launch out of respect to Caroline Flack on the day of her funeral.
Maura, 29, had previously announced she was due to meet fans at the Brunswick store on Tuesday to show off the new collection
But both she and high-street underwear brand posted to Instagram Stories to explain why the event had to be postponed.
Thinking of her: Love Island’s Maura Higgins postponed her Ann Summers event on Tuesday ‘out of respect for Caroline Flack on the day of her funeral’
Lovely: Ann Summers shared this note on Instagram Stories on Tuesday to explain why they didn’t feel it would be right to go ahead with the launch that day
They wrote: ‘Dear customers, we were looking forward to welcoming you to the Brunswick store today to launch Maura’s swimwear collection.
‘However, having been in close contact with Maura, and out of respect to the funeral also taking place later today, we have decided to postpone the even to tomorrow at 5pm.
‘We hope you understand and look forward to seeing you there. Team AS x.’
Tragedy: Caroline’s funeral is set to place on Tuesday after she sadly died at her home on February 15
Maura then took to social media to share a picture of herself looking incredible in a stunning swimsuit as she made sure her fans knew the news.
She penned: ‘CHANGE OF DATE!! I will now be @brunswicklondon tomorrow from 5pm…
‘I am so excited to show you all my swimwear range with @annsummers. I have worked so hard on this for months & I hope you all love it just as much as I do.’
Friends and relatives will gather on Tuesday to remember 40-year-old TV star Caroline after she was found dead on February 15 at her home in Stoke Newington, East London.
Flack took her own life one day after she learnt prosecutors were still pursuing allegations that she hit her sleeping boyfriend Lewis Burton with a lamp.
Tragic loss: Caroline presented Love Island on ITV, and is pictured in the series four final in 2018
Speaking about Flack’s passing last week, ITV boss Dame Carolyn McCall said: ‘So many people at ITV knew Caroline, including me, and it was unbelievably tragic.
‘I think that we can never know what is behind suicide. It is not in any way simple. It is a very, very complex thing.
‘We take advice from (mental health charities) Samaritans and Mind and we will continue to do that.’
The popular TV host’s family also shared an Instagram post advisers had told her not to share online.
Part of it read: ‘I’m so sorry to my family for what I have brought upon them and for what my friends have had to go through.
‘I’m not thinking about ‘how I’m going to get my career back’. I’m thinking about how I’m going to get mine and my family’s life back.’
For confidential support call the Samaritans on 116123, visit a local branch or go to www.samaritans.org