Prue Leith says she supports assisted dying because her brother died ‘in absolute agony’

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking to The Times ahead of her new Channel 4 documentary, Prue and Danny’s Death Road Trip, Leith recalled how her brother was given morphine every four hours, but the pain relief only lasted for three hours. “They want out now, and when the family’s memories are good ones.” Leith also revealed that if she were to be diagnosed with a terminal illness and given just a few months to live, she would “get my things in order and top myself”. The NHS says that a person approaching the last stage of their life has a “right to high quality, personalised end-of-life care that helps you live as well as possible until you die”. Campaigners from Dignity in Dying, which wants to change the law, argue that the UK should give people the “option to control their death” and they are “not suicidal – they don’t want to die but they do not have the choice to live”.