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Richard E Grant reveals Prince Charles visited sick wife Joan Washington weeks before death
Richard E Grant has shared that Prince Charles visited his late wife Joan Washington, who died aged 71 on September 2, shortly before her death.The voice and dialect coach, who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer two days before Christmas, accepted her illness ‘totally without self pity’, Richard revealed in a moving tribute penned for the MailOnline.He also wrote of Prince Charles’ visit to his wife of 35 years, who Richard gave the affectionate nickname ‘the Colonel’, in August.‘[He] sat beside her, took her hand and said, “It’s been an absolute honour to have known you, Joan” to which she instantly quipped, “I’m STILL here”, which broke the ice and made all three of us cackle.’The Withnail and I star added: ‘Astonishingly, unlike