I want to die with a glass of wine in my hand, says Prue Leith | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV
The Great British Bake Odd judge, 82, is an advocate for assisted dying.
She witnessed her brother David lose his battle with bone cancer in excruciating pain during 2012, aged 74.
Now Dame Prue has revealed how she intends to have the “ultimate happy ending”
She said: “I’m a great campaigner for assisted dying. I want to be able to top myself when I’ve had enough of this good life. The ultimate happy ending.
“I want to go out with a glass of wine in my hand and a lot of my friends around me. What started it [campaigning for assisted dying] was that my brother had the most appalling death.
“I thought, ‘this is crazy’. He wanted to die, he was asking the doctors to let him die. They couldn’t give him enough painkillers but they also couldn’t help him die.
“I remember talking to some Macmillan nurses, who said I was begging them to give him more ng ore morphine, but they said, ‘If you knew how many times we hear that every week when we’re visiting people who ask to end this misery’.
“But they say, ‘We can’t do it, because it’s against the law’.”
Prue is not planning to check out anytime soon and believes she has been very fortunate because she is still in good health.
Speaking on the Dirty Mother Pukka podcast, she added: “For me, I’m very, very lucky because I’m very healthy and I’ve lived a long time and I’ve lon had a great life and lots of great careers, all different.
“You can’t just will it, but I really think the secret is a positive attitude. Even if something doesn’t work you think, ‘I’ll give it another shot’.
“I have a positive attitude because I’ve got lots of energy and I’m healthy, I sleep well and I eat well and I’ll try anything once.
“That’s the name of my new show, which is crazy. I’m 82, what on earth do I think I’m doing going around the country with a one-woman show?”
Prue is investigating assisted dying with her son, Tory MP Danny Kruger, 48, for a Channel 4 documentary.
