Sarah Ferguson invites father of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse to take part in her YouTube series

Sarah Ferguson invites father of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died after an allergic reaction to a Pret a Manger sandwich, to take part in her storytime YouTube show and describes him as a ‘ray of sunshine’

  • Duchess of York asked Nadim Ednan-Laperouse to take part in her YouTube show
  • Mr Ednan-Laperouse’s daughter Natasha died after an allergic reaction
  • Sarah Ferguson said Mr Ednan-Laperouse in his family were a ‘ray of sunshine’ 
  • Added that she ‘loves’ Natasha and thanks her for bringing them all together 

Sarah Ferguson has described the family of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse as a ‘golden ray of sunshine’ and thanked the late schoolgirl for ‘bringing them all together’ in a recent YouTube video.

The Duchess of York, 60, praised the family while introducing Natasha’s father, Nadim Ednan-Laperouse, as a special guest on her Storytime With Fergie and Friends online show. 

Mr Ednan-Laperouse’s daughter Natasha died four years ago aged 15 after suffering a reaction and going into shock when she ate a Pret a Manger baguette that she did not realise contained sesame seeds, to which she was allergic. 

 

Sarah Ferguson has described the family of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse as a ‘golden ray of sunshine’. She made the comments while introducing an episode of her YouTube series Storytime With Fergie And Friends featuring Natasha’s father, Nadim (pictured)

Mr Ednan-Laperouse's daughter Natasha four years ago aged 15 after suffering a reaction and going into shock when she ate a Pret a Manger baguette that she did not realise contained sesame seeds, to which she was allergic. Pictured, the father and daughter together

Mr Ednan-Laperouse’s daughter Natasha four years ago aged 15 after suffering a reaction and going into shock when she ate a Pret a Manger baguette that she did not realise contained sesame seeds, to which she was allergic. Pictured, the father and daughter together

Sarah Ferguson, who has become a champion of Mr and Mrs Ednan-Laperouse and their campaign for better understanding of allergies, said in the introduction that she thanked Natasha for bringing them together. 

She said: ‘Nadim, you are just a golden ray of sunshine, your entire family in my life. I just can’t thank you enough for doing this reading. You know I love Natasha and every day we say thank you to Natasha for bringing us all together. Thank you for doing this incredible thing to bring a smile onto children’s faces.’

Mr Ednan-Laperouse read Big Pig by Malachy Doyle from his garden, where he was joined by the family dog. 

Sarah Ferguson has previously described Mr Ednan-Laperouse and his wife, Tanya, as her ‘close friends’. The Storytime series was shared to mark National Friendship Day last week.  

In June the Duchess of York shared a photo of her with Mr and Mrs Ednan-Laperouse to mark allergy awareness week. 

She said: I am united with my good friends Tanya and Nadim in their battle against allergies and during allergy awareness week it’s vital for us to remember the importance of their work. 

‘Tanya and Nadim founded the @natashasfoundation in memory of their darling daughter Natasha and are dedicated to finding a cure to allergies and making our world a safer place.’

Sarah Ferguson has previously described Mr Ednan-Laperouse and his wife, Tanya, as her 'close friends'. The Storytime series was shared to mark National Friendship Day last week. Pictured, the trio in a photo shared by Sarah Ferguson in June to raise awareness of allergies

Sarah Ferguson has previously described Mr Ednan-Laperouse and his wife, Tanya, as her ‘close friends’. The Storytime series was shared to mark National Friendship Day last week. Pictured, the trio in a photo shared by Sarah Ferguson in June to raise awareness of allergies

Natasha's father, Nadim Ednan-Laperouse, was invited to take part in an episode last week and read Big Pig by Malachy Doyle from his garden, pictured

Natasha’s father, Nadim Ednan-Laperouse, was invited to take part in an episode last week and read Big Pig by Malachy Doyle from his garden, pictured

Sarah Ferguson helped to secure Natasha’s law, named after Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, which introduced a tightening of food labelling rules. 

The royal became involved in the fight to change the law when she saw the parents crying on a return flight from Nice as they flew their daughter’s coffin home. 

‘I was going through the airport and I heard them really crying,’ she said during an appearance on This Morning last June. ‘On the airplane I was sitting right behind them and put my hand rather rudely over the top.

‘And I said “I’m so sorry, I’ve just got to know, is there anything I can do? I feel so much pain for you”.’

Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse are pictured alongside the Duchess of York on an episode of This Morning in June 2019, during which Sarah Ferguson revealed how she comforted the grieving parents when she met them while they were repatriating their daughter's coffin

Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse are pictured alongside the Duchess of York on an episode of This Morning in June 2019, during which Sarah Ferguson revealed how she comforted the grieving parents when she met them while they were repatriating their daughter’s coffin 

The Duchess was then horrified to be told that the teenager had died on the flight out to France.

Nadim told her that their daughter’s coffin was being flown in storage right beneath their seats after she died despite him administering her epipen.

An inquest heard both Natasha and her father checked the baguette bought at Heathrow and were ‘reassured’ by the lack of allergy warnings.

Natasha had been flying to Nice in July 2016. She used two epipens but suffered a cardiac arrest and died at a French hospital. Pret later apologised over her death.