And, even though he could not defend himself, the reputation of Sir Martin was put on trial alongside his wife. The woman claimed she told Sir Martin what she had seen after each incident and that he had promised ‘to deal with it’. Lady Nourse, the daughter of a Royal Navy commander, had married Sir Martin in 1972 after they met at a dinner party. Both ‘cat-mad’, Lady Nourse gave Dame Mary two valuable Abyssinian kittens, and the pair shared a bespoke couture dressmaker. Indeed, so close was their friendship that Lady Nourse appears twice in Lord Archer’s novel As The Crow Flies.

Source: Daily Mail May 20, 2021 21:59 UTC