Concerns over 'Missing' UK Explorer Ranulph Fiennes
A care inspectorate said his supervision and restricted movement required legal safeguards, while friends raised safeguarding concerns over secrecy and control.
- On Thursday, reports emerged that Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Britain's greatest living explorer, was 'unlawfully deprived of his liberty' after his wife, Louise Millington-Cotes, placed him in care homes following his disappearance from public life two years ago.
- The Care Inspectorate of Wales confirmed in January that Fiennes was under continuous supervision without authorized legal protections, as Millington-Cotes allegedly failed to ensure required Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards were in place.
- To restrict access, Millington-Cotes forced visitors to sign non-disclosure agreements and insisted staff use a false name for Fiennes, prompting a facility owner to alert the Office of the Public Guardian regarding medication concerns.
- Friends and relatives are now considering legal action to challenge her guardianship, while Fiennes' whereabouts remain a mystery to all but his wife and daughter, Elizabeth.
- The situation has exposed long-standing issues concerning lasting powers of attorney granted to guardians of individuals lacking mental capacity, as critics argue the system is open to abuse.
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The Independent
The Independent (US)Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ family call for urgent investigation into his care
The 82-year-old explorer is being ‘unlawfully deprived of his liberty’, a watchdog has declared
Louise Millington-Coats has legal custody of the explorer and according to relatives she is doing everything she can to prevent them from contacting him - He is the first person to circumnavigate the globe, from one pole to the other, on foot and by boat, and was the first to cross Antarctica on foot without assistance.
Oxford Mail
thisisoxfordshire.co.ukRanulph Fiennes was kept in care homes unlawfully, according to reports
Sir Ranulph Fiennes was unlawfully deprived of his liberty in a series of care homes.
Concerns over 'missing' UK explorer Ranulph Fiennes
Fiennes, the first person to cross the Earth pole to pole in the early 1980s, was last seen publicly nearly two years ago, months after opening up about a Parkinson's diagnosis he received years earlier. Last week, the Daily Telegraph reported the 82-year-old had been placed in a succession of care homes by his wife, Louise Millington-Cotes, who has allegedly put strict conditions on his care. In a follow-up Friday in its months-long probe, the …
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