This is the man who has captured the heart of Kelsey Parker two years after the tragic death of her husband, The Wanted singer Tom Parker.
Will Lindsay, 27 is a tree surgeon who comes from a tight-knit family in Kent – and who suffered his own heartbreak in 2017 when his father David died aged just 50.
He has a sister, Skye, 25, with whom he is particularly close, as well as a 32-year-old half-brother Lewis who lives in Dubai with his partner.
Kelsey and Will were pictured recently on a day out looking blissfully happy as they held hands and laughed together.
It is believed that they met earlier this year with insiders claiming that he has become a ‘big part of her life’ and has even attended a number of fund-raising events held in Tom’s memory.
Will Lindsay, a 27-year-old tree surgeon from Kent, has been revealed as the new boyfriend of Kelsey Parker whose singer husband Tom Parker died aged 33 two years ago
Will and Lindsay were spotted last week at a garage in Bexleyheath, south-east London
Pictured are members of his family – from left to right, mother Dawn, Will, sister Skye and half-brother Lewis
The Wanted singer Tom Parker, pictured with wife Kelsey in November 2016, died in March 2002 at the age of 33 after being diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma
Kelsey, 33, was widowed when Tom died following a battle with brain cancer in March 2022.
Will’s glamorous mother Dawn, 58, remarried following the death of her husband and now lives with his stepfather Lloyd James in Rochester, Kent.
She is the director of a well-known hair salon in the county which she co-founded in 1992, having previously worked in the industry for a number of years.
Kelsey and Will are reported to have grown very close recently, leading to her taking to Instagram over the weekend to share a snap of herself cosying up to her new partner although his identify was not revealed.
She wore a flowery orange dress while her partner wore a grey suit. Beaming in the picture, Kelsey captioned the image with a simple red heart.
A source said: ‘Will has been very supportive of Kelsey because he knows what it’s like to cope with the loss of someone very close to you.
‘He helped her at a recent charity football match for Tom Parker and has attended other events with. She hasn’t been shy about their romance and they pair looked very loved up at a gala last week.’
Just weeks before announcing her new relationship on social media Kelsey said that she knew her late husband Tom would ‘send the right man for her’.
She told OK! Magazine: ‘When it’s meant to be, it’ll be, and that person will be sent by Tom, I reckon. He’s picking them for me.’
It is believed that Will and Kelsey met earlier this year – he is pictured here in blue, alongside mother Dawn, half-brother Lewis and sister Skye
Kelsey’s new boyfriend Will Lindsay, 27, is seen here with his sister Skye, 25
Skye and Will lost their father David when he died aged 50 in 2017
Detailing her thoughts on her now-ex Sean Boggans, who she dated following Tom’s death, she added: ‘I think he sent Sean for a reason. Sean was what I needed at the time, and he was wonderful.
‘I’ll never say a bad word about him. But, right now, I need to focus on work and providing for my children.’
Tom was just 33 when he died of brain cancer after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in October 2020.
Tom and Kelsey first met in 2009, getting engaged in 2016 and marrying in 2018.
They shared two children together – a five-year-old daughter Amelia and son Bodhi, three.
News of Tom’s brain tumour came just weeks before the birth of their second child.
In November 2022, eight months after Tom’s death, Kelsey began dating electrician Sean Boggans – although they have since split.
The pair were introduced by friends at a wedding in London’s Greenwich last October but separated as the first anniversary of Tom’s death approached.
A source said of Will (pictured left, alongside mother Dawn, half-brother Lewis and sister Skye), that he had been ‘very supportive of Kelsey because he knows what it’s like to cope with the loss of someone very close to you’
Photos WIll and his family have been shared on his mother Dawn’s Facebook account – she is shown here between Will and his sister Skye
Kelsey Parker, 33, told of how her late husband would ‘want me to be happy’ after she shared a snap of her new partner to her Instagram, and captioned the post with a heart emoji
Will has attended fundraising events organised in honour of Tom Parker – Kelsey is seen here at a Tom Parker Foundation Charity football match in Dorking, Surrey, in June this year
Kelsey became a widow in March 2022 when her husband Tom – best known as a member of The Wanted – died after a battle with brain cancer aged just 33 (pictured in October 2021)
A source told the Sun: ‘Kelsey and Sean split up around the anniversary of Tom’s death – her head was all over the place around that time and she had a wobble, but Sean still really liked her and pursued her.
‘After a few weeks of talking they got back together – she couldn’t ignore her feelings for him. It’s been really hard for them, but she wants to give it a shot.’
Sean spent time behind bars after fatally punching Shaun McDermott, 44, during a heated argument over a taxi outside the Havering Oak pub in Romford, Essex.
Kelsey this week hit back at trolls who criticised her for dating again, saying in an interview: ‘When you’ve lost someone you love so much, it proves to you that you’ve only got one life.
‘Tom would want me to be happy. You’ve got one life, so you should live it. That’s what he’s taught us.
‘When it comes to dating again… what’s it got to do with anyone else? I think whatever makes you happy in life, you’ve got to do it.’
She added: ‘There is no rule book for grief out there and I’m saying to people: don’t worry about how you’re grieving because there is no right or wrong way to do it.’
And in lines from her new book, Kelsey Parker: With And Without You, she has also been reflecting on finding love again.
Two years later Kelsey has revealed she is in a new relationship with her tree-surgeon partner, who she met while she was fundraising in honour of her late husband
The couple were pictured together at a garage in Bexleyheath, south-east London, last week
The late pop star Tom Parker is pictured here with his children Bodhi and Aurelia
Kelsey went on to date electrician Sean Boggans in November 2022 following her husband’s death the previous March, although they ended up splitting for good in December 2023
In her new book, Kelsey Parker: With And Without You, she has also been reflecting on finding love again after losing her husband
She explained: ‘I’ve got to a stage in my grief journey where I’ve let that guilt go.’
Addressing her time with Sean, she said: ‘At that point in my healing journey, I needed someone to give me what my family and friends couldn’t.
‘I craved company in the evenings – but, more than anything, I didn’t want to be treated like a widow.
‘Earlier this year, I decided to take my wedding ring off, and the trolling started again. I took my ring off because, for me, it was too painful to look at it every day. It doesn’t mean I’m forgetting Tom.’
