‘I hope the law can change… so everybody has ‘choice’ of assisted dying

DAME Esther Rantzen has issued a heartfelt “thank you” to supporters of assisted dying and said she hopes “the law can change as soon as possible so everybody has the choice”.

- BY HANNAH GEISSLER

Campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen

The broadcaster, 85, recorded a conversation with her daughter, Rebecca Wilcox, 45, to mark the anniversary of the Commons vote which saw MPs back the principle for the first time.

Reflecting on her own health journey, she said she had been wrong to assume her lung cancer would kill her sooner. And she reiterated her wish to go to Dignitas, if necessary, when life becomes “unbearable”.