Love Island pay emotional tribute to Caroline Flack while Leigh ...

Love Island paid emotional tribute to Caroline Flack on Thursday to mark four years since her death.

The official ITV dating show's page shared a black and white snap of the former host on set as she smiled. 

Alongside the image they penned: 'Caroline. Always in our hearts.' 

Meanwhile in his tribute comedian Leigh Francis penned: 'Always feels like she's on holiday. I hope she's having the best time. Miss you x @flackstock.'

Caroline sadly took her own life on February 15, 2020, at the age of 40, leaving the world in shock.

Love Island paid emotional tribute to Caroline Flack on Thursday to mark four years since her death

Meanwhile in his tribute comedian Leigh Francis penned: 'Always feels like she's on holiday. I hope she's having the best time. Miss you x @ flackstock'

It came the day after hearing the Crown Prosecution Service would go ahead with a trial for allegedly attacking her model and former tennis player boyfriend Lewis Burton in December 2019. 

Also paying tribute on Thursday was her close pal hair stylist Lou Teasdale who took to her Story to share a snap reading Caroline's book as she simply put a kiss in the caption.

Caroline's death was ruled a suicide in an inquest in August 2020 with coroner Mary Hassell, saying: 'The key decision for me to make is whether Caroline took her own life...

'I have to be satisfied she acted in a way so as to cause her death, and secondly that she intended to cause her death.

'In Caroline's case I am entirely satisfied she intended to cause her own death. She hanged herself. She had only one expectation - her own death. There's no doubt in my mind at all.'

The coroner said she had experienced 'fluctuating ill health' and was 'distressed' at the thought of facing a trial.

She said: 'Caroline had fluctuating mental ill health, she had had struggles in the past. She had had difficulties...

'In spite of the fact she may have led - to some - a charmed life, actually the more famous she got the more some of these difficulties increased - she had to deal with the media in a way most of us don't...

Also paying tribute on Thursday was her close pal hair stylist Lou Teasdale who took to her Story to share a snap reading Caroline's book as she simply put a kiss in the caption

Louise Redknapp also shared a sweet snap of her and said: 'Shine bright my girl' in the caption 

Strictly's Janette Manrara also shared a sweet tribute

Scarlett Moffatt also posted an image with her to mark the day

Caroline sadly took her own life on February 15, 2020, at the age of 40, leaving the world in shock

'It was played out in the national press - and that was incredibly difficult for her. She faced the prospect of not working in the job she loved, losing a great deal...

'I find the reason for her taking her life was she now knew she was being prosecuted for certainty, and she knew she would face the media, press, publicity - it would all come down upon her. To me, that's it in essence.'

At the time, her mum Christine wept as she told the coroner over video-link: 'I totally agree, I think you got it spot on. 

'We know you are not allowed to say certain things and it's up to us if we want to take it any further, and we don't. You're spot on.'

Concluding, the coroner recorded a death of suicide caused by hanging.

Mrs Hassell said: 'Caroline hanged herself at home on the morning of February 15 because of an exacerbation of fluctuating ill health and distress.'

For confidential support, call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit a local Samaritans branch. See www.samaritans.org for details. 

It came the day after hearing the CPS would go ahead with a trial for allegedly attacking her model and former tennis player boyfriend Lewis Burton in December 2019