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Oct 15, 2026

Pete MatthewHOST
28:53
You can make an LPA.
Pete MatthewHOST
28:55
You can register it with the Office of the Public Guardian.
Pete MatthewHOST
28:58
That's very important.
Pete MatthewHOST
28:58
That's the kind of government body that kind of handles these things and polices them.
Pete MatthewHOST
29:20
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.
Kate MatthewHOST
29:26
Mm.
Pete MatthewHOST
29:26
Office of the Public Guardian.
Pete MatthewHOST
29:27
The other type of power of attorney-
Ben ElleryGUEST
12:09
You know, please don't be, be- Concerned.
Ben ElleryGUEST
12:12
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.
Ben ElleryGUEST
12:30
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.
Ben ElleryGUEST
12:41
And I spoke to that, that care home operator.
speaker_0HOST
1:25
She came out in the press and said basically she had to watch about to leave.
speaker_0HOST
1:31
the Office of Public Guardian to express concern.
speaker_0HOST
1:33
She was a conduct to the police about, um, instructions she was given, um, how to, um, deal with this medication and other issues.
speaker_0HOST
1:44
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.
speaker_0HOST
1:53
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.
speaker_0HOST
3:16
In a German email, I'll just use that.
Mark FrancisHOST
2:35
The dispute has since prompted calls for an investigation into Sir Ranulph's wellbeing.
Mark FrancisHOST
2:40
Friends have reportedly called on the office of the Public Guardian to intervene.
Mark FrancisHOST
2:45
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.
Mark FrancisHOST
2:55
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.
Gina StantonGUEST
16:49
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.
Gina StantonGUEST
17:00
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.
Gina StantonGUEST
17:11
Now, that scrutiny process does not in any way check whether what the certificate provider has signed up to is honest or not.
Gina StantonGUEST
17:24
And so I suppose, yes, that is, in theory, a potential loophole.

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Gina StantonGUEST
32:26
Everyone concerned must then sign the papers, okay? Has to be in a certain order.
Gina StantonGUEST
32:32
Donor, the person creating the power of attorney has to go first.
Gina StantonGUEST
32:35
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.
Gina StantonGUEST
32:51
They govern everything to do with powers of attorney and generally to do with the welfare of people who no longer have capacity.
Tom SykesHOST
6:37
But since the start of this year, nobody in his family or his circle has been told where he is.
Tom SykesHOST
6:43
Well, this all escalated and a British watchdog called the Public Guardian has got involved, concluded that he was unlawfully deprived of his liberty.
Tom SykesHOST
6:52
His stepson's got involved, et cetera, et cetera.
Tom SykesHOST
6:55
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.
Tom SykesHOST
7:43
How dare you? You know, you are causing him immense distress.
Tom SykesHOST
7:47
And then...
Tom SykesHOST
7:49
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.
Tom SykesHOST
8:08
I mean, it's an absolutely extraordinary story.
Broadcasting House

Broadcasting House

27/09/2026

Sep 27 · 1 Mention

Paddy O'ConnellHOST
44:47
Mrs Millington-Coates has been contacted for comment, hasn't spoken.
Paddy O'ConnellHOST
44:50
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.
Paddy O'ConnellHOST
44:59
Paul, this is quite linked to work you've done.
Paddy O'ConnellHOST
45:01
If we don't talk about this specific story anymore, what's raised by it?

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