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Natasha Kaplinsky thanks people for their support after daughter, eight, is injured in boat explosion

Her youngest child suffered severe burns

June 25, 2018 15:17
Broadcaster Natasha Kaplinsky after she was awarded an OBE by the Prince of Wales during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on November 16, 2017
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Natasha Kaplinsky’s eight-year-old daughter had to be flown back to the UK after suffering severe burns during an explosion onboard a boat in Corfu.

The newsreader’s youngest child Angelica is said to have borne the brunt of the blast caused by a petrol leak on the family’s boat, Plumbago Go.

The 45-year-old, her husband Justin Bower, nine-year-old son Arlo and father Raphael were sailing with the child at the time of the incident last week. The family are said to own a five-bedroom holiday home on the Mediterranean island.

The family were rescued by fishermen who put out the flames, according to The Sun.