Rolf Harris is 'very sick and unwell' after neck cancer battle, author says trends now
A private ambulance has been photographed outside the riverside home of Rolf Harris, who has been ‘very sick’ with neck cancer since leaving prison, MailOnline can reveal today.
The disgraced TV star, 93, has been struggling to talk or eat and has been living as a near-recluse at his £5million home in Berkshire since he was feed from jail in 2017 for a string of sex offences.
His wife Alwen, 91, a jeweller and sculptor, is in a wheelchair because of Alzheimer’s disease but the couple, who married in 1958 and have one child, live together with the help of around the clock care.
Yesterday a private ambulance was parked outside the property, leaving at around 6pm. MailOnline has asked Harris' spokesman to comment.
Private investigator and author William Merritt told MailOnline he saw him in late 2022, and he was gravely ill. He said: 'Rolf has been very sick. When I saw him he was able to speak to me. He was with it, but he was obviously unwell'.
Mr Merritt said Rolf has had neck cancer and there have been serious concerns about his health, although he was 'getting on with things'. Due to the cancer, Rolf is said to ‘gurgle’ when talking and is hard to understand.
His wife Alwen has also been seriously ill with Alzheimer's disease. 'She's very frail', he said.
A private ambulance with its rear doors open at the home of Rolf Harris and his wife Alwen yesterday
The vehicle, used by undertakers, left at around 6pm. The Harris family has declined to comment
Rolf Harris (pictured during the pandemic) can no longer talk or eat and requires around the clock care after being diagnosed with neck cancer
Rolf Harris (second left) and his wife Alwen Hughes (second right) are recluses and rarely leave their home in Bray, Berkshire
Harris’s daughter Bindi had no comment to make when contacted at her home in a Somerset village. Her husband Craig also refused to comment.
A family friend told MailOnline: ’In recent years Bindi has nothing to say about her father. She gets very stressed when asked about him and prefers not to talk about him’.
It understood Rolf Harris' health took a turn for the worse after the sudden death of his beloved poodle earlier in 2022.
The Harris family solicitor lawyer Daniel Burke told MailOnline he has had no contact with the immediate family. He said he had not spoken to Rolf’s only daughter Bindi and had no instructions to prepare or issue statement concerning his failing health.
It understood Rolf Harris' health took a turn for the worse after the sudden death of his beloved poodle earlier in 2022.
Harris married his sculptor wife Alwen in March 1958 after meeting at art school. The couple have one daughter Bindi.
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