Holly Willoughby recalls how kind pal Tara Palmer-Tomkinson gave her a Chanel diamond ring the first time they ever met as she shares touching stories about their friendship

HOLLY Willoughby opened up about the many moments of kindness she was shown by the late socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.

Speaking to a close friend of the TV presenter the day after news of her death went public, Holly revealed how she was once gifted a large Chanel ring by the star.

Explaining that the pair had been speaking in a restaurant years ago, Holly admitted: "She had an incredible energy. I was lucky to know her because she was very close with a friend of mine.

"She had that special energy about her. She was so funny and incredibly kind. She was very generous with her time and with her spirit as well."

She continued: "The first time I met her, we were chatting and I noticed she had this diamond bling gorgeous ring on her hand and my eyes were following it like a magpie.

"I just said, 'Your ring is beautiful' and she said, 'Oh this is just a bit of tut of Chanel' and then she dropped it in my champagne and said, 'It's yours'.

"She told me to keep and said, 'If you don't keep it I will throw it across the restaurant.'

"So then I woke up the next morning with this amazing ring on my hand and I told her that I had it but she insisted she didn't want it and I should keep it."

Holly's This Morning co-host Phillip Schofield then mentioned a moment when Tara came to Holly's rescue for a fashion emergency.

Holly added:"I just had Belle two months before and I had an event to get to but I was feeling really dumpy because I was still breastfeeding.

"She was a size six and I was like a size 16 by the point but she took me back to her house and we spent hours trying out clothes.

"She fully kitted me out with heels, her handbag, dressed me up and sent me off on my way.

"She was a real girl's girl. She was a lovely person."

The socialite and reality star was reported dead on Wednesday 8 February 2017 aged 45.

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