Star Trek's Sir Patrick Stewart recalls harrowing domestic abuse inflicted on adored mum

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Sir Patrick Stewart has revealed how he sought therapy in later life to deal with the memories of the horrific domestic abuse his father inflicted on his mother.The British actor said he felt “shame and humiliation” after meeting peers whose home life’s were totally different from his.

And he recalled how he and his older brother Trevor would listen to dad Alfred’s outbursts before attempting to shield mum Gladys from harm.

In unseen clips from a landmark ITV documentary following Queen Camilla ’s work with domestic violence campaigners and victims, The Mirror reports Stewart said he and Trevor - who was five years older than him - “had become experts” in knowing the moment when their father would begin being physical.He also told of his pain in begging his mother to leave their father, even later becoming a successful actor and offering to buy her a house, only to realise she would “never leave him”.

Stewart, whose career has spanned seven decades, said his “perfect” life was shattered when he was just six-years-old and his father returned from WWII.He said: “My life with my mother and my brother was perfect.