Some of Britain’s best-known explorers are urging police to investigate the mystery over Sir Ranulph Fiennes’s disappearance after his family’s pleas for help were ‘ignored’, telling him: ‘We are coming!’
The 82-year-old adventurer, who has Parkinson’s and has not been seen publicly for over two years, has reportedly been given a false name by his second wife and moved between a series of care homes.
As his stepson, Alexander Millington-Cotes, told today of having ‘no luck’ in his efforts to persuade two police forces to investigate, supporters including Bear Grylls and Ben Fogle backed calls for action.
But so far one force has refused
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