'I Begged Him Not To Kill Me'

Lady Lucan talks about life with the notorious aristocrat who disappeared in 1974.

- Ian Macewan and Richard Mcclure

It was one of the most notorious murders of the 20th century. On 7 November 1974, nanny Sandra Rivett was bludgeoned to death at the family home of Lord Lucan in London’s Belgravia.

Lady Lucan, who was also attacked in the incident, identified her husband as the assailant, but Lord Lucan disappeared and has never been found.

The elusive aristocrat was finally declared dead in a High Court hearing last year, but his disappearance remains a mystery.

This week, in a one-off documentary, Lady Lucan gives her first televised interview on the subject in more than 30 years.

In Lord Lucan: My Husband, The Truth, she reflects on her troubled married life, the bitter custody battle for the couple’s children and what happened on the night she and Sandra were attacked.