KIND ANDY IS THE BEST OF BRITISH

In 2006, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and his wife Jackie went on the celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. They got the £1m question wrong, losing £468,000 of their £500,000 already won. Actually, it was worse than that. Celebrities play for charity, meaning their incorrect answer cost a children’s hospice £468,000. The Llewelyn-Bowens must have felt sick. The pressure to win for others is so much greater than the pressure of personal gain. Fortunately, there was a dispute over their answer and they were invited to play again. This time, they hastily banked the £500,000 for the Shooting Star hospice and departed. The one thing Andy Murray did not need right now is additional pressure, so maybe there is rationalisation for his shock first round exit at the Queen’s tournament. It had been revealed he was going to donate any winnings to the Grenfell Tower fund — £350,000 if he had won outright. This might explain his underwhelming performance against unfancied Australian and world no 90 Jordan Thompson. It wasn’t as if Murray sought publicity for his thoroughly decent act. While some of the biggest stars of British sport are ensconced in tax havens, Murray pays his share at home. He says he could never imagine living abroad for tax reasons. It is what makes him the outstanding British athlete of this generation. It’s not just about the tennis.