Sir Bob Geldof has said he blames himself for the death of his daughter Peaches Geldof who died of a heroin overdose earlier this year.

Speaking to ITV News, the father began by saying newspaper attacks on his daughters Peaches, Pixie and Fifi Trixibelle following the death of their mother Paula Yates in 2000 had "damaged" them. "And I'm not just blaming the newspapers, of course not," he continued. "You blame yourself. You're the father who's responsible and clearly failed."

When presenter Mark Austin asked him if he really felt that way, he replied, "Yeah of course you do. Anybody watching, who has a dead kid and you’re a parent. You go back, you go back, you go back, you go back, you go back, you go over, you go over. What could you have done? You do as much as you can.”

‘You're the father and clearly failed’ Bob Geldof on why he blames himself for Peaches' death