Amanda Holden's sister stranded in Mount Everest avalanche after Nepal earthquake

TV star Amanda Holden has revealed that her sister, Debbie, has been stranded on Mount Everest following the avalanche caused by the Nepal earthquake.

Speaking on This Morning, she said: “It’s awful, I can barely speak. My mum and dad are watching and listening to you [the rescue experts] for information.

"My sister [Debbie] is climbing Mount Everest and very luckily she is at a place that is the last camp before you get to base camp one on the south side, and there was only four of them left at that camp because my sister was suffering so badly from altitude sickness she didn’t walk up to base camp - which actually, potentially might have saved her life.”

Holden added: “Brilliantly, she is with a friend and I think they have hooked up with another girl called Amy, I’m not sure of her surname, but we have Amy’s telephone number who my sister has managed to send a text to my mother and me from saying she is safe.

"I think they rushed out when the earthquake came and rushed back in because they were affected by an avalanche partly at the camp they were in… and I think they were going to make their way down this morning. "

The worried star continued: "I spoke to an amazing guy that I think has been doing some correspondent for Sky News and he said that a helicopter had swept the south side of the mountain this morning - so potentially my sister could have been lifted, although she wasn’t injured so I know that takes priority.

"But because the avalanche has happened and there have been no tremors since, the snow has settled so it could be safe for them to walk.”