ESTHER Rantzen’s daughter has given a heartbreaking health update on her mum’s condition as she lives with terminal lung cancer.
Rebecca Wilcox appeared on tonight’s 5 News and revealed a new medication to improve her condition was not working.
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She told host Julian Druker: “I really wish that was true” but “I don’t think that’s the case anymore.”
Dame Esther, 84, who was diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2023, is an advocate for making assisted dying legal in the UK.
She had been considering travelling to Dignitas, in Switzerland, for an assisted death, but said: “The current law means my family could be prosecuted if I go.”
She went on: “This is not right and as it is my life, I, like the majority of the public, believe it should be my choice.”
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But she said she will be “watching the debate closely as it affects my own decision to go to Dignitas if necessary”.
Last year Sir Kier Starmer said he would “definitely” like a vote on assisted dying within five years as “delay just prolongs the agony”.
Esther previously said of her condition: “Anything can happen. I live in a forest, a tree can fall on me.
“I’ve got to drop off my perch for some reason, and I’m 83 damn it.
“I should be jolly grateful and indeed am.”
