'I screamed at my father to stop hitting my mother'

Sir Patrick Stewart speaks candidly in Queen's documentary about experiencing 'shame' of growing up in a violent home

- ATHENA STAVROU

Sir Patrick Stewart has opened up about the “horrifying” abuse his father subjected his mother to in previously unreleased footage from the Queen’s domestic abuse documentary.

The veteran actor, who has previously told of how his troubled childhood affected him as an adult, spoke about the “shame” and “humiliation” that came with witnessing the violence as a child as he described trying to protect his mother from the abuse.

Sir Patrick has advocated for victims of domestic abuse for more than a decade and has recently backed The Independent’s Brick by Brick appeal upon its launch in September.