Ben recalled a tale she would tattle about her father. "She said he got the Victoria Cross, but he didn’t.” Ben laughed, adding, "She had a Lewis Carroll, Jabberwockian level of madness and eccentricity." Ben didn't understand the situation at first. “She was more helpless than I’d ever seen her before,” Ben recalled. While many might blame the Sky News exposé for Brenda Leyland's death, her son doesn't.

Source: The Guardian March 19, 2023 11:22 UTC