Trinny Woodall has spoken about her grief following the death of her former husband, Johnny Elichaoff, and her determination to make Christmas special for their 11-year-old daughter. The fashion adviser and TV presenter, best known for What Not To Wear, described the festive season as particularly 'poignant' but said she is 'picking up the reins again and moving forward'.
Elichaoff, a 55-year-old financial adviser, died last month after falling from the roof of Whiteley's shopping centre in Bayswater. Some reports have linked his death to a so-called 'ring of death' involving Russian mafia connections, along with other businessmen who died in unusual circumstances, including bankrupt property tycoon Scot Young.
Woodall, 50, who divorced Elichaoff in 2009 but remained friends, told London Live's Headline Interview: 'Anyone who's experienced a death, you go through a whole mechanism of feelings but I think coming up to Christmas it's poignant. My daughter's father and I were separated, or divorced, for a few years. We were friends. So it's about making it a really great Christmas for my daughter, making it feel kind of it's everything she wanted to look forward to.'
She added that when faced with grief, 'you can slowly come to terms with it and life moves on'. Woodall plans to spend Christmas Day at her sister's house in London. She is currently in a relationship with art collector Charles Saatchi.
