Bake-Off ’s Prue backs move for assisted dying

Brother: Prue Leith PRUE Leith has shared her backing for assisted dying after watching her own brother endure a “very painful, miserable death”.

The Great British Bake Off judge has revealed she is supporting Guernsey’s step towards legalising assisted dying when its parliament debates the issue.

She told ITV’s Lorraine of her brother David, who died “in agony” five years ago after a battle with bone cancer.

Leith (78) said she was hoping for the deputies in Guernsey to “vote yes” to assisted dying.

She said: “Everybody wants a peaceful death, pain-free, in their own homes, in their own beds, with their family around them, and that is totally achievable.”