Becky Williams’ journey mirrors that of Kelsey Parker, who suffered the bereavement of The Wanter singer Tom Parker to cancer in 2022 and has recently had a stillbirth with her new partner
A woman who lost her partner and baby – just like actress Kelsey Parker has – stressed you “find the strength” to keep going to “help your kids through the grief”.
Becky Williams’ spouse Joe Morgan died of bowel cancer aged 30 days before the couple were due to tie the knot. Becky found love again, with 33-year-old heating engineer Tom Williams, and became pregnant with his baby, her fourth child.
But Mabel suffered a traumatic brain injury during the difficult labour and died at six days, Becky’s second huge personal loss in around six years. Her journey mirrors that of actress Kelsey Parker, who recently experienced a stillbirth. She had fell pregnant with Will Lindsay, whom she started dating late last year after she herself had endured the bereavement of The Wanter singer Tom Parker to brain cancer in March 2022.
Speaking in the wake of Kelsey’s stillbirth, Becky, of Swindon, Wiltshire, says she “completely understands” the “continuous grief” Kelsey is experiencing, and having to stay “strong” in order to care for her other children who were “also grieving” the loss of their “daddy and their sibling”.
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Becky, 34, added: “It’s heartbreaking to see what Kelsey is going through – to lose anybody is hard. I completely understand how difficult it is to go through continuous grief. She’ll be physically healing from the birth, and now dealing with loss too.
“Nothing can make it better. The hardest part is having other kids involved. Like Kelsey, my kids not only grieved losing their daddy but then a sibling too.
“Just as they start to heal, the wound is ripped open again. I stayed strong for them. I understood grief but I had to help them through it. Knowing they needed me each day kept me going.”
The latest data shows around 1 in every 250 pregnancies ended in stillbirth in 2022. Mabel’s death happened following a traumatic brain injury suffred during labour, thought to be even more rare.
Becky met Joe in 2011 and got engaged after the couple had three children together. Becky’s eldest, 18-year-old Harley, was from a previous relationship. Joe started to lose weight and after pushing for tests, he was diagnosed stage-four bowel cancer in early 2018. The dad died in November that year.
Recalling the trauma, Becky, an office manager, said: “My whole world came crashing down… He was only 29 – you never expect this to happen.” One year later, in 2019, Becky started going out with Tom who was a close friend she’d known for years.
In February 2025, Kelsey Parker opened up on social media about experiencing “trolling” and “negative” comments online for finding love again, something Becky had experienced too. Becky told Mail Online: “I believe a lot of the negativity is a lack of understanding. No one else knows what you’re going through and how difficult it is. Tom hugged my broken pieces back together again. I surrounded myself with positivity. You’re entitled to love again and be loved.”
But tragedy struck again as, during birth in September 2023, Becky suffered a uterine rupture, a life-threatening condition when the uterus tears during labour. Becky continued: “Losing a child is indescribable. Tom was an amazing support and kept each other going.”
In 2024, Becky found out she was pregnant again. Despite her apprehension, their rainbow baby son, Hudson, arrived at 34 weeks via c-section weighing 5lb 2oz, at Great Western Hospital in Swindon on January 19, 2025.
“He’s the rainbow after the storm – he’s brought so much light back to our lives… There’s still a huge hole without Mabel, but he’s helped to heal out hearts,” continued Becky. The mum also recently self-published a book for children on Amazon to help them deal with loss called “Our Special Stars” with characters based on her own kids.