BETTY BOOTHROYD

I liked Betty Boothroyd who visited me in my humble home.

'Betty Boothroyd left almost every penny of her £3.7 million will to charities, documents reveal'

By RICHARD EDEN 
 31 October 2023

She had, it was said, 'the glamour of a diva, the bearing of a kindergarten head – and the lip of a barmaid'.

'Betty Boothroyd, who died aged 93 in February... had an integrity utterly alien to her two immediate successors as Speaker – Michael Martin, who resigned in disgrace after claiming £1.7million in expenses, and John Bercow, found by the Independent Expert Panel to be a 'serial liar' and 'serial bully'.'