Office of the Public Guardian
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Oct 15, 2026
Wills and LPAs - BOD038
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28:53Pete MatthewHOST
You can make an LPA.
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28:55Pete MatthewHOST
You can register it with the Office of the Public Guardian.
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28:58Pete MatthewHOST
That's very important.
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28:58Pete MatthewHOST
That's the kind of government body that kind of handles these things and polices them.
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29:20Pete MatthewHOST
You, you may be able to do it with a written instruction after the event, but I think you'd have to register that with the OPG as well.
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29:26Kate MatthewHOST
Mm.
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29:26Pete MatthewHOST
Office of the Public Guardian.
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29:27Pete MatthewHOST
The other type of power of attorney-
The Ranulph Fiennes mystery - The Saturday Story
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12:09Ben ElleryGUEST
You know, please don't be, be- Concerned.
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12:12Ben ElleryGUEST
And then, you know, as, as a result of that, uh, Joseph, for example, along with other friends and family, reported the care to the Office of the Public Guardian, which is, uh, an authority who, um, makes sure that, uh, people who are being cared for correctly.
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12:30Ben ElleryGUEST
And one of the other people who did report the care to that body was the operator of a Welsh care home where, um, he'd stayed for about seven weeks this year in January.
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12:41Ben ElleryGUEST
And I spoke to that, that care home operator.
Sir Ralph Fieenes was unlawfully depreived of his liberty in care home
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1:25speaker_0HOST
She came out in the press and said basically she had to watch about to leave.
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1:31speaker_0HOST
the Office of Public Guardian to express concern.
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1:33speaker_0HOST
She was a conduct to the police about, um, instructions she was given, um, how to, um, deal with this medication and other issues.
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1:44speaker_0HOST
Um, it's the building of the care home in Wales, worked at the Office of Public Guardian, working day to day to allow them medical arrangements and so on.
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1:53speaker_0HOST
wife including him sounds about i do not suspect that she parodies friends of explorer author of considering their directions turns her guardianship has been thwarted um says um his wife's second wife um that's important that's relevant said wanted to have spent time and get home in london last year where his wife asked visitors to sign non-disclosure agreements before being allowed to see him he was later moved and spent time at gay facilities in wales and cheshire and i mean his wife and daughter probably thought to know his exact location but i mean he was that he was um the allegations that when he went out there was a private carer who was also part of the arrangement and he had to wear a disguise and stuff were told that he was an SAS operative and If he feared for his life, I think there's an allegation that potentially there's an allegation that perhaps people are trying to kill him.
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3:16speaker_0HOST
In a German email, I'll just use that.
Charles Spencer Reveals Harry’s Diana Memoir Question; Wild Charles-Camilla Divorce Rumor Debunked
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2:35Mark FrancisHOST
The dispute has since prompted calls for an investigation into Sir Ranulph's wellbeing.
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2:40Mark FrancisHOST
Friends have reportedly called on the office of the Public Guardian to intervene.
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2:45Mark FrancisHOST
His stepson, Alex Millington-Cotes, who is estranged from his mother, has also launched a fundraiser for a legal challenge to her control of Sir Ranulph's care.
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2:55Mark FrancisHOST
Charles Spencer says he has spoken to both William and Harry since the publication of his Diana memoir but has not asked either nephew to approve it.
Ep59 – What happens when parents can’t agree on child arrangements
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16:49Gina StantonGUEST
But that's to say, because I, you know, obviously, when somebody comes to me, I usually take on that role of being the certificate provider.
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17:00Gina StantonGUEST
As far as the way the system works, once a lasting power of attorney is made, it has to be sent off to be registered and it's scrutinized by you know, the civil servants within the office of the public guardian who manages these things.
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17:11Gina StantonGUEST
Now, that scrutiny process does not in any way check whether what the certificate provider has signed up to is honest or not.
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17:24Gina StantonGUEST
And so I suppose, yes, that is, in theory, a potential loophole.
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32:26Gina StantonGUEST
Everyone concerned must then sign the papers, okay? Has to be in a certain order.
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32:32Gina StantonGUEST
Donor, the person creating the power of attorney has to go first.
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32:35Gina StantonGUEST
And then the attorneys and the certificate provider, basically, okay? Then once everything is signed up, the paperwork has to be submitted to a government department that's called the Office of the Public Guardian.
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32:51Gina StantonGUEST
They govern everything to do with powers of attorney and generally to do with the welfare of people who no longer have capacity.
Harry Humiliated by Boneheaded Blunder
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6:37Tom SykesHOST
But since the start of this year, nobody in his family or his circle has been told where he is.
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6:43Tom SykesHOST
Well, this all escalated and a British watchdog called the Public Guardian has got involved, concluded that he was unlawfully deprived of his liberty.
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6:52Tom SykesHOST
His stepson's got involved, et cetera, et cetera.
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6:55Tom SykesHOST
But then the weekend, an extraordinary twist that King, it emerged that King Charles III had tried to get in touch with Ranulf Fiennes and had been basically given the brush off by the wife.
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7:43Tom SykesHOST
How dare you? You know, you are causing him immense distress.
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7:47Tom SykesHOST
And then...
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7:49Tom SykesHOST
Bowring's wife sent a letter to the public guardian saying that Louise Copes, the wife, had said that Queen Camilla was sending helicopters to fly over their house to harass them.
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8:08Tom SykesHOST
I mean, it's an absolutely extraordinary story.
27/09/2026
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44:47Paddy O'ConnellHOST
Mrs Millington-Coates has been contacted for comment, hasn't spoken.
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44:50Paddy O'ConnellHOST
We've learned a lot in this article about the Office of the Public Guardian, which is about our care when we go outside of our own agency, really.
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44:59Paddy O'ConnellHOST
Paul, this is quite linked to work you've done.
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45:01Paddy O'ConnellHOST
If we don't talk about this specific story anymore, what's raised by it?