“I started my grieving last Thursday, when we finally brought them home.”
Miten Patel’s mother and father Ashok and Shobhana Patel died on the Gatwick-bound Air India aeroplane crash in June.
The couple were travelling home to visit their sons and grandchildren on 12 June, when the plane crashed in Ahmedabad, western India, killing all but one of those on board.
On Sunday, Mr Patel organised a service at the Sattavis Patidar Centre in Wembley to remember and pray for the victims, which also included Sunny and Monali Patel, from south Norwood.
“That’s when it hit me. I think it’s going to be a long process to grieve. Grieving will never end – they’re our life,” he said.