Sir Ranulph Fiennes drew up a secret will at Everest base camp after a major crisis in his marriage, it was claimed last night.
Michael Kobold, a friend of the explorer for 30 years, told The Mail on Sunday that Sir Ranulph wrote the document by hand in his tent the night before an unsuccessful bid to reach Everest’s 29,000ft summit.
Sir Ranulph gave the sealed will to Mr Kobold, who still has it, in May 2008 with the instruction to open it in the event of his death.
In an exclusive interview, Mr Kobold, a German watch entrepreneur who lives in Switzerland,
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