Kirstie Allsopp has been reported to social services for allowing her 15-year-old son to interrailing around Europe. The Location, Location, Location presenter allowed her son, Oscar, to go travelling across Europe with a 16-year-old friend this summer but had since been contacted by a social worker who informed her that a file had been opened after child protection concerns were raised. She told The Mail on Sunday: "I just felt sick - absolutely sick.
Then I was cross. I was very, very cross. "It was just so extraordinary.
I was in a parallel universe where they were actually taking this seriously. "I have broken no law and nothing about allowing my child to travel around Europe is neglectful." It comes after Allsopp tweeted earlier this week about Oscar returning from a nine-day train trip around Europe, writing on X she was "proud of him", adding: "If we're afraid our children will also be afraid, if we let go, they will fly.
" But she has come under fire for allowing the teen to travel independently. More from UK Sir Keir Starmer: Prime minister to say things 'will get worse before it gets better' in key speech Londonderry: PSNI open murder probe after woman found dead after 'heinous and evil' attack in flat fire Notting Hill: Thousands of police officers expected at carnival in wake of UK riots Allsopp says the social worker "wanted to know what safeguards you put in place for your son's travel" but she became "incandescent" and informed the official it was none of her bu.