News about Rachael Stirling

The death of an historic prime minister always makes the headlines. But there was something about the passing of former Dutch leader Dries van Agt in February, at the age of 93, that propelled the story beyond the breakfast table conversations of the Netherlands and on to the global news agenda.

Dame Diana died after a brief battle with cancer in 2020, aged 82; three years after her death, actress Rachael Stirling released a note about her illness as 'completely devastating,' and that people should be treated with 'agency over their bodies.' Stirling, who appeared on Woman's Hour this week, said that the announcement that Holyrood is to pass on a new assisted dying bill would have made her mother proud. (Pictured: Rachael Stirling on Woman's Hour): Mother and daughter in 2014. Inset: Diana Rigg in The Avengers)

EPRHAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince Andrew (right) has the opportunity to strut his stuff on the walk to Windsor's St George's Chapel due to the King's (left) decision to attend church on Easter morning. It's just a month since he elbowed his way to a front-row seat to King Constantine's memorial service. The departed royal is expected to attend communion with the King and others at a private service in the castle before walking to the chapel where the winking cameras are waiting.

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Rachael Stirling and her partner Guy Garvey have opened up about how they met, revealing that their love story was rooted in two A-list actors. The actress, 46, and the Elbow frontman, 50, married at Manchester Town Hall in June 2016 after a year of dating and welcomed their son, Jack, six. The couple revealed that they met on their first meeting, with Rachael revealing she had been'starstruck' and Guy saying he'was attracted to her right away.'

I started losing weight a few years ago, for no apparent reason. Even as I waited for an appointment to see my GP, the pounds were falling off me. I was positive I had cancer. 'You know I don't want treatment?' I told my GP that I had told him. The GP sent me for tests, and she was obnoxious when they came back. How did I feel? Disappointed. Deflated. Esther Rantzen, a television presenter who suffers from lung cancer and is nearing the end of her life, said recently that she joined Dignitas and considered going to a Swiss clinic to end her life. She has since started a petition for a parliamentary election, which now has more than 120,000 signatures. And if the law were to change in the near future, it would not include people like me. Many that are calling for assisted death in the United Kingdom are only asking that those with terminal illnesses - and those with fewer than six months to live - be allowed to end their lives with dignity. I would never say that it would take me to die of dementia because the time is unknowable - it could take years. So I write this post with no intention of profit, but with the intention of ensuring that this discussion affects people in a multitude of situations.

The actress, 73, (left), who hails from Scotland but lives in London, has expressed concern for her family's welfare, and she hopes that her family would do the same for her. Lindsay told Emma Barnett that she was'very close' with her mother and 'knew her better than anyone else' in a snippet of the interview posted on the show's Instagram. 'She had hormonal problems and wanted to find what was wrong with her,' the actress explained. Lindsay is now starring Truelove, a darkly comic representation of assisted dying.

If her next scan reveal she is getting worse, the Childline founder, 83, who was diagnosed with stage four lung disease earlier this year, has joined the assisted-dying clinic in Switzerland and may consider going there to end her life. Dame Esther said that making such a decision would put her family and friends in a difficult situation, as they could be charged if they choose to join her. Rebecca Wilcox's daughter told TalkTV today, 'It's impossible, isn't it, because I can't even say to you, I would help my mother on her trip to Dignitas because if I said that, it's legally murky.'

If her next scan reveal she is getting worse, the Childline founder, 83, who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer earlier this year, has joined the assisted-dying clinic in Switzerland and may consider going there to end her life. Rebecca Wilcox, Rebecca Wilcox's daughter, shared how her family responded to such a personal decision today. She told ITV's Good Morning Britain, 'She never makes a decision in complete silence, but she doesn't care what anyone else says.' It's sad, and she has told us she will live forever. We're not about to break her commitments right now, so we're a little worried about it. If she were going to fly to Zurich, I would personally like to ground her plane, but I know it's her decision. I just don't want her to go.'

MANDY APPLEYARD: My incredibly strong, stoic mother had wanted to end her life for nearly two years, and this was heartbreaking. I was devastated by my grief, but a few weeks later, I was also under police scrutiny. I should have been able to support my mother at a time when I should not have been allowed to mourn my beloved mother, but police interviewed me under caution for two hours. I have a great sympathy and sympathy for Rachael Stirling, who has shared how her mother, actress Diana Rigg (pictured together) wished for death as she battled with the last stages of lung cancer.

Dame Diana Rigg's final days as a senator in her dying days, it was revealed that she made a sincere plea to MPs to have full control over their deaths. Sue Johnston has said that everyone should'have the right' to end their own lives ahead of her new Channel 4 comedy drama Truelove, which deals with euthanasia.

Jenny Carruthers knows full well that the agonizing death that might be awaiting her. The mother of three children's partner died at home from terminal bone cancer ten years ago. Jenny has since been told that she, too, has the same problem. Gypie Mayo, her partner, had enjoyed performing guitar with rock bands like Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds. When he was 60, he was first diagnosed with liver cancer in 2010. He underwent surgery and chemotherapy, but he learned that the cancer had spread to his bones and that it was terminal.