King Charles' longtime friend Ian Farquhar 'died after getting trapped while drunk'

Ian Farquhar, 78, was recovered dormant with his legs up successful the aerial supra his bedside array astatine his home, a coroner's tribunal heard - and was a adjacent pal of King Charles

A lifelong person of King Charles died aft being trapped betwixt a partition and his furniture portion drunk, an inquest heard today.

Ian Farquhar, an accomplished huntsman, was recovered dormant with his legs up successful the aerial supra his bedside array astatine his home, a coroner's tribunal heard. A coroner ruled that the retired Army Captain was apt trying to determination disconnected his bed.

Farquhar served arsenic the Queen Mother's equerry and successful the Queen's Own Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army. He reportedly became adjacent friends with King Charles erstwhile Prince William had a little narration Rose Farquhar successful 2000 aft completing his A-levels astatine Eton.

At the inquest, Mr Farquhar's daughter, Victoria, spoke of his emotion of horses, but said that helium developed a drinking occupation though hunting. She said: "He went to Eton past 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."

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