Girlfriend still feels guilt after Lockerbie crash

Ms Grant, who has lived in Australia and America, still regularly visits her former boyfriend’s family in the UK.

“I was welcomed into the family with absolute open arms in such difficult circumstances,” she said.

Speaking to BBC Three Counties Radio, she admitted she had never come to terms with the loss.

“You get on with your life, you do, you don’t think you’re going to initially, life has a funny way of pulling you back into the now,” she said.

“But inside it’s always been there.”

Although she has had three children since Mr Burman’s death, she still speaks often of him with her family.

She added: “My daughter has a picture of Tim on her fridge with all her other important photos… They do know about Tim.”