Ruth Maxwell

Read this article, I have gifted it to ensure that everyone can read it. This is a terrible, terrible situation and it would seem there is some dreadfully deceitful and despicable behaviour being carried out by Sir Ranulph’s wife. Her own family members, unrelated to him, are reporting deep concern over this as well as his own family and friends. This is clearly something which needs to be investigated and her Power of Attorney be removed and handed over to someone responsible (if not returned to him if he is able) even someone independent because this story is so upsetting and it is almost certain that Sir Ranulph’s vulnerabilities and age are being dangerously exploited. That worst worry is that we know about this because Sir Ranulph is a national treasure, a man who has achieved so much in his life and a man who deserves to live his life with dignity and with the company of those he loves. How many people who don’t have the ability to gain attention for a situation such as this are also suffering at the hands of controlling, manipulative family members though? And imagine how possible it might have been for people like his wife to use assisted dying without his consent had it been passed without those essential safeguards. As per my opposition portfolio I have my monthly meeting tomorrow morning with our Director of Adult Services, Housing and Homelessness so I will be sending this article to him and will be asking if there is any risk of situations like this happening to people under our care. My suspicion is that this lady has been able to get away with this for so long because she has access to the money to to pay to circumvent the kinds of tight safeguarding controls which our social care service operates under. But I want to understand more because this is so upsetting. And I applaud the care home owner who raised the alarm on this as well as Sir Ranulph’s family and friends. telegraph.co.uk/gift/b22d14b…