Monty Don leaves fans in tears with poignant tribute to late Gardeners’ World co-star

MONTY Don left fans in tears with a poignant tribute to his late Gardeners' World co-star.

In 2020 the TV gardening legend announced his doggy co-star Nigel had died.

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Monty paid a touching tribute to Nigel by sharing a photo of him with Monty's second dog, Nell.

The presenter captioned the post: "Another lovely picture of Nigel and Nell from 2016."

Fans were left in tears at the emotional post and took to the comments section to express their feelings.

One wrote: "Oh Nigel was a smasher wasn't he."

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A second commented: "Nigel was so special, but they all are! Beautiful photo with lovely Nell. Feel emotional seeing Nigel again."

A third added: "Getting so emotional just seeing Nigel again."

A fourth wrote: "Wow Nigel was so handsome, makes me tear up."

A fifth penned: "What a good boy Nigel was, it's emotional seeing his face again. I miss him."

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Nigel, who was 11, featured on BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World as he and fellow golden retriever Nellie followed Monty around.

He became so popular he even had his own Twitter account.

At the news of his death, Monty shared a heartbreaking post as he said his "lovely" friend was "suddenly" taken and he laid his pup to rest in his garden.

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