CAROLINE Flack’s best friend Lou Teasdale has paid tribute with an unseen picture of the star one month after her death.
The 40-year-old former Love Island host tragically took her own life the day after Valentine’s Day.
Taking to her Instagram Story last night, Lou shared a photo of herself and Caroline cradling a baby each as they relaxed on a sunlounger by a glistening swimming pool.
Both women are beaming as they look at something off-camera, with Caroline wearing knee-high tan boots and a black mini dress with sunglasses.
Lou, 36, captioned the photo: “One month without you, I miss you.”
The mother-of-one had been the last person to see Caroline having stayed with her the night before she died.
Caroline is said to have taken her own life just minutes after Lou left her flat.
The star had been left terrified and frightened when she learned that the CPS were pursuing an assault case against her, charges which Caroline had always denied.
Friends and family were increasingly concerned for her welfare so hair stylist Lou volunteered to be by her side on Friday 14th February.
That evening, at 10.30pm, an ambulance arrived in response to a 999 call made from the flat.
Two paramedic crews assessed Caroline before deciding she did not need hospital treatment and was fit to be left at home.
Lou stuck by Caroline’s side all night before leaving at 9.30am to go to the shops.
Ambulance crews were called again at 2.30pm that afternoon and the star was pronounced dead at the scene.
A close source said at the time: “Caroline had been unwell on Friday but by the time crews got there she was feeling much better and was coherent and responsive to them. She refused to go to hospital.
“Caroline was with Lou and other friends and so everyone was satisfied she would be OK.
“Lou then stayed overnight. She was absolutely brilliant with her. On Saturday morning Caroline insisted she was fine and persuaded her friend to go home.
“No one is blaming Lou for a second. She couldn’t have done any more. She is understandably distraught. It is so awful for her.”
Last week, Lou shared intimate snaps from Caroline’s funeral to her Instagram page – posing alongside Caroline’s boyfriend Lewis Burton and close friend Mollie Grosberg.
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