My late mother’s cousin Marguerite never married. Her working life was spent at a confectionery firm much to our delight as children who benefited from the treats she shared and in building up a nest-egg for her golden years.
She was robust and mentally alert to the end. But during the final months of her life she was denied access to family visitors by the pandemic although the virus killed her anyway, entering the care home by an unknown route.
Her death during the lockdown was deeply painful for my brother and me, her closest living relatives. Not only because of the circumstances of her death, but because her last wishes were denied her.
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