King Charles' friend Ian Farquhar 'found with legs in the air' as family reveal amount he was drinking

King Charles' person Ian Farquhar, 78, served arsenic the Queen Mother's equerry and successful the Queen's Own Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, earlier his death

A person of King Charles who died aft getting stuck betwixt his furniture and a partition whilst drunk had “a past past of drinking to excess”, loved-ones revealed astatine an inquest this week.

Retired Army Captain Ian Farquhar was recovered dormant with his legs successful the aerial adjacent to his bedside array astatine his home, a coroner's tribunal heard. The 78-year-old was an accomplished huntsman who reportedly became adjacent friends with Charles erstwhile William dated his daughter, Rose Farquhar, successful 2000 aft completing his A-levels astatine Eton.

A coroner ruled that Mr Farquhar was apt trying to determination disconnected his furniture erstwhile helium got stuck. At the inquest, Mr Farquhar's daughter, Victoria, said the household suspected that helium developed a drinking occupation done hunting and that doctors had warned "he would die" if helium didn't instrumentality attraction of himself.

She said: "He went to Eton then joined the subject and went to Sandhurst. 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."

She added that the 78-year-old began to endure falls successful 2022, aft which the household got successful interaction with attraction bureau Helping Hands who came to sojourn astir an hr a time to supply enactment and companionship. Mr Farquhar's carer, Stuart White, formed a adjacent narration with the dada and told the tribunal helium missed being capable to instrumentality attraction of his dogs and horses. Mr White, who was connected yearly permission erstwhile the autumn happened, said: "I visited for an hr erstwhile a time 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."

Area Coroner for Wiltshire, Ian Singleton, ruled that Mr Faquhar died 'by misadventure', adding helium apt moved from his furniture successful a "deliberate act" but did not mean to die. He 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 presumption 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."