Sir Bob Geldof has spoken out about his grief of the passing of his daughter Peaches earlier this year.

The 25 year old TV star was found dead at her home in Kent in April and although an inquest into the cause of death has been adjourned, it is thought that heroin played a part in her death.

Sir Bob Geldof has now opened up in his first TV interview since the death of his daughter.

he told Lorraine Kelly: "The default position for me as a person is, 'Right, things have to be organised,' and I go into organisation mode and that distracts me. But like anybody else, these things assault you without warning.

"You could be talking to someone, you could be walking down the road - and I've got to be careful 'cause this is still very raw - I'm walking down the street and suddenly, out of the blue, there's an awareness of her and I buckle. I've got to be very careful because walking down the King's Road there are paps everywhere, so I've got to duck off into a lane and blub for a while and then get on. I'd imagine that will be there for a long time. I mean, what else? "

He also took the time in the interview to mention how kind words from members of the public have helped him to cope.

"If I may - and I don't want this to be a blub fest and I don't want to be emoting on television or getting too much into it - but you can imagine it, it is unimaginable at the same time, but let me just say we were overwhelmed by people writing to us in the kindest way," he said.

"The nice thing about that was that this young girl had made such an impact on her generation.

"Time doesn't heal, it accommodates, it finds an available space in your brain and... allows you to see things in context.”