Rose Paterson, 64, took own life in woodland in Ellsemere, Shropshire, in June
Her husband and Tory MP Owen Paterson spoke about the day of her death
Explained he was so desperate for it not be suicide, he hoped she was murdered
Believes contracting coronavirus in first lockdown affected her mental health
He and his three children launching a suicide prevention charity in her honour
Owen Paterson on the agony of his wife s suicide: It s horrifying to think she was suffering so badly without us knowing
The MP for North Shropshire has spoken candidly about Rose’s suicide in the hope that it will help others
29 January 2021 • 9:52pm If I can help stop just one family from experiencing the utter agony we have gone through, then I will have done something worthwhile, said the former Northern Ireland secretary
Credit: Eddie Mulholland for The Telegraph
When the police told Owen Paterson his wife Rose had been found dead in the woods of their Shropshire home, his last desperate hope was that she had been murdered.
Prince Charles s bold decision to put Michael Fawcett in charge of his charity empire sealed an astonishing rise to power for his former valet. And the move is already paying dividends.
I can reveal that the heir to the throne s educational charity, the Prince s Foundation, enjoyed an increase of £4million in its net assets this year.
According to newly filed figures, it boasted assets of £119.5 million in the 12 months to March. Incoming resources also soared, from £16.5 million in 2019 to £22.3 million this year.
Fawcett, who started as a junior footman, was made the £95,000-a-year chief executive of the foundation in a major re-organisation of Charles s philanthropic work in March 2018.