He seemed to be a man with a wonderful attitude to life. He was part of all of our growing up years here in the UK.

By all accounts, he was a decent man according to those that knew him personally.

I saw him and Ms. Jones in a restaurant in Bournemouth five or six years ago and they were courteous to everyone who approached them.

There have been some negative comments in the local press regarding him "Shafting the British treasury". It was his money, he earned it and no doubt paid tax on it and Anne Jones has been satisfying his shaft for the past 40 years so she is fully entitled to the bestowment.