Mark and Jessica Wright have paid tribute to their grandmother Nanny Pat after she passed away.
The Only Way Is Essex star, who appeared on the show with her grandchildren, died at the age of 80 following a short illness.
A devastated Mark tweeted: “My heart is broken but so overwhelmed by your support. To know good ole Nanny was loved by so many is the best feeling in the world. Thank you.”
His sister Jess wrote: “Heart broken does not even come close to how my family & I are feeling. Thank you so much for your support, my Nan was so loved. An angel.”
The sad news of Nanny Pat’s passing was announced this morning.
A statement from the Wright family read: “Sadly our amazing, courageous and beautiful Nanny Pat passed away this morning after a short illness.
“We are overwhelmed by sadness, and the whole family ask for privacy at this horrible time.”
Pat appeared on ITV show TOWIE from the first series in 2010 when she turned up at Mark’s front door with a sausage plait.
She became known for her amusing one-liners and offering advice to the younger members of the cast.
Pat grew up in the East End of London in the war when it suffered the Blitz and later went on to work for Tate & Lyle at the sugar factory in Canning Town.
She was mother to Carol Wright who also appeared on the ITVBe show, had four other children, 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.