Victoria Mary Clarke has revealed that she "still talks" to her late husband Shane MacGowan through mediums.

Shane passed away at the age of 65 on November 30, 2023, following a long illness and spent the better part of last year in hospital, leaving the world of music devastated.

Since the Pogues’ frontman’s passing, his wife Victoria has been open about her experiences with grief and how she’s processing his loss.

Shane and Victoria first met in a North London pub back in 1984, with the then 16-year-old Victoria on a night out with her flatmate at the time of their encounter. However, they didn’t start dating until four years later.

Following 32 years of dating, Shane finally proposed to Victoria before tying the knot in 2018.

Taking to Instagram on Monday morning with a lengthy post, Victoria shared some pictures of her enjoying a holiday that allowed her to "navigate through the deeper and more turbulent water" she has been in since Shane’s death.

"I haven’t been on Instagram for a long time but I have been navigating through the deeper and more turbulent water that has been coming my way since my beloved Shane is no longer in his physical body.

"It’s been totally uncharted territory for me and very rough at times and I have fallen overboard and been fished out by friends and family on more than one occasion. But one thing that is a constant is love and I keep focusing on it when I get lost. I think about the incredible love that we shared and I still feel it.

"And I still feel Shane’s love. Sometimes he talks to me through ideas or music and sometimes he comes through mediums, always it feels amazing to hear from him. I also find that staying present in the moment and in the body is very important, feeling the sun and the water is very healing and spending time with lovely people," she said.

Victoria added: "The boat captain is called Lynsey Phillips and he is an incredible guy. He is almost 90 and he’s a navigational genius who can steer the boat with his feet and he is full of the joys of life. It’s been a revelation to me to discover how much joy it’s possible to feel even when you are living with extreme loss.

"And love is far more powerful than we know. I believe you can be ‘In Love’ in every moment that you choose to live with heart and embody love and from your heart you will always find courage no matter how much sorrow is also there.

"You just have to remember that love is bigger than anything else and especially bigger than your mind can know."

The comments section of the post saw Victoria receive a wave of support from her famous friends, including Imelda May, who said her "full heart is so beautiful."

*This article was originally published on Extra.ie.

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