King Charles’ friend died after getting trapped between the wall and his bed while drunk

A longtime person of King Charles who served arsenic equerry to the Queen’s Mother died aft helium became trapped betwixt a partition and his furniture portion drunk, an inquest has heard.

Old Etonian Ian Farquhar, 78, was recovered dormant with his legs up successful the aerial supra his bedside array astatine his location adjacent Chippenham successful Wiltshire connected March 6, a coroner’s tribunal heard.

The retired Army Captain, who loved horses and hunting, was astir apt trying to determination disconnected his bed, a coroner ruled.

Mr Farquhar rose done the ranks of the subject arsenic portion of the prestigious cavalry regiment the Queen’s Own Hussars, becoming a Captain.

While successful the service helium besides served arsenic equerry to the Queen’s Mother, attending nationalist engagements with her.

After leaving the forces helium was the Master of the Beaufort Hunt, 1 of the largest and oldest fox hunts successful the UK, and helium besides regularly dined with King Charles and Queen Camilla astatine their Highgrove residence successful Gloucestershire.

The inquest heard that successful the past fewer years of his beingness Mr Farquhar struggled with his health, helium was unsteady connected his feet and had to usage a walking instrumentality arsenic good arsenic being incapable to propulsion himself up erstwhile helium had a fall.

On March 6 this year, attraction idiosyncratic Beth Gillingham arrived for Mr Farquhar’s regular sojourn and heard nary effect arsenic she called retired to him erstwhile she entered his home.

Ms Gillingham went up to the chamber and could not spot the erstwhile huntsman until she looked down the broadside of the furniture and saw him trapped determination against the wall.

The carer checked for a pulse but erstwhile she could not find one, she called the constabulary who attended the country and declared Mr Farquhar dead conscionable aft 1pm.

The inquest held astatine Salisbury Coroner’s Court heard that Mr Farquhar’s humor intoxicant level was 4.5 times implicit the portion thrust bounds erstwhile helium died.

An bare vessel of Gordon’s gin, 2 bare vino bottles and a fractional bare vessel of whisky were recovered successful his home.

The pathologist recorded postural asphyxia, inversion of the assemblage and intoxicant toxicity arsenic the origin of death, which was besides adopted by the coroner.

At the inquest, a connection was work retired from Mr Farquhar’s daughter, Victoria, who described his emotion of horses but said that hunts are wherever his drinking occupation began.

‘He went to Eton past joined the subject and went to Sandhurst,’ Ms Farquhar said.

‘He became the queen mother’s equerry, helium said helium was fundamentally the queen mother’s bodyguard.

‘He was a immense person of horses and would spell connected hunts wherever determination would beryllium a meal afterwards.

‘The magnitude of drinking was considered mean for the enactment but arsenic clip went connected we thought helium had a drinking problem.

‘He would portion a litre of gin and a mates of bottles of vino successful a day.

‘He did effort and halt and helium would for a mates of weeks, doctors advised Ian that if helium did not look aft himself helium would die.’

Ms Farquhar explained that her begetter began to endure from falls successful 2022 and the household contacted attraction bureau Helping Hands who would sojourn for an hr oregon truthful a time to supply Mr Farquhar with enactment and companionship.

Stuart White formed a adjacent enslaved with Mr Farquhar as his main carer and, successful a statement, helium told the inquest he would speech astir his past but that helium missed being capable to look aft dogs and horses.

Mr White said: ‘I visited for an hr erstwhile a day, but our visits often ran longer.

‘He liked to chat, my relation was to cheque connected his wellbeing and wide housework tasks.

‘Over clip helium fto his defender down, we laughed and joked together, Ian would often archer maine astir his past.

‘Ian had moments erstwhile helium was depressed owed to his inability to bash what helium wanted to do, helium had loved looking aft dogs and horses.’

The inquest heard that Mr White was connected yearly permission erstwhile Mr Farquhar passed distant but went to the location to talk to constabulary erstwhile the bureau informed him of his death.

Area Coroner for Wiltshire Ian Singleton recorded a decision of decease by misadventure saying that Mr Farquhar had astir apt moved disconnected the furniture successful a ‘deliberate act’ but helium had not intended to die.

Mr Singleton said: ‘Ian lived unsocial astatine Church Cottage, helium had a past past of drinking to excess, helium had go unsteady and needed assistance getting disconnected the floor.

‘On the greeting of March 6, Ian was recovered deceased by a carer betwixt the partition and his furniture with his feet successful the aerial supra the bedside table.

‘It is unclear however helium came to beryllium successful that position, but it would look it is the effect of a deliberate enactment connected his portion that unintentionally led to his death.

‘I walk onto the household my sincere condolences for their loss.’

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