A longtime friend of King Charles who served as equerry to the Queen Mother died after he became trapped between a wall and his bed while drunk, an inquest heard today.
Old Etonian Ian Farquhar, 78, was found dead with his legs up in the air above his bedside table at his home, a coroner’s court heard.
A coroner ruled that the retired Army Captain, who loved horses and hunting, was probably trying to move off his bed.
Mr Farquhar rose through the ranks of the military as part of the prestigious cavalry regiment the Queen’s Own Hussars, becoming a Captain. Whilst in the army he also served as equerry to the Queen’s Mother, attending public engagements with her.
His daughter, Victoria, revealed how he would ‘drink a litre of gin and a couple of bottles of wine in a day’.
King Charles’s longtime friend Ian Farquhar was found dead with his legs up in the air above his bedside table at his home
Mr Farquhar would regularly drive over and have dinner with the monarch and Queen…
