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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.

We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things.

I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shattering blow when she died. I was 16.

My dad died 11 years ago, I don't see much of my brothers, and I rarely speak to my mum. I don't hold a grudge, but being separated in those early years clearly had an impact. Our relationship didn't develop as it ought to.

I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what it's like to lose a beloved parent.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

I wanted a relationship like the one my mother and father had. It wasn't perfect; they had to work on it. But there was an unbelievable mutual respect.

And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently.

My parents' marriage was already shaky when I came along. They split up when I was five, and I didn't see Dad all that often after that - four or five times a year.

I had a great dad and we had a great relationship, but he's still a part of my life.