Edwina Currie mourns as her former police detective husband John Jones dies of cancer aged 79

Former MP and broadcaster Edwina Currie has paid tribute to her ‘enjoyable’ husband following his demise from most cancers.

Ex-Flying Squad detective John Jones died on the age of 79 at the beginning of this month after battling the illness for a number of years.

The pair met when Currie interviewed him on her late night time present on BBC Radio 5 Stay within the late Nineteen Nineties.

Ms Currie, 74, described him as a ‘gallant gentleman’ with a ‘fantastic sense of humour’.

Former MP and broadcaster Edwina Currie has paid tribute to her ‘enjoyable’ husband, former Metropolitan Police detective John Jones, following his demise from most cancers

The distinguished Metropolitan Police detective died on November 1 only a few weeks after opting to convey his most cancers remedy to an finish.

‘He’d had most cancers for a few years,’ Ms Currie previous BBC Radio Derby. 

‘He was a heavy smoker and inevitably most individuals who smoke get an sickness and the worst of these is most cancers.

‘He had three completely different bouts of three completely different cancers. Each time he got here out of hospital he left bits behind.

‘Finally the most cancers got here again, as most cancers does, and this time it was in his bones and his mind.’

The pair married at Southwark, London, in Might 2001, two years after their assembly throughout an version of her common radio present Late Evening Currie.

The previous Conservative cupboard minister, from Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, stated the detective with the Metropolitan Police caught her consideration throughout a dialogue about gang violence in London.

Ex-Flying Squad detective John Jones died on the age of 79 at the beginning of this month after battling the illness for a number of years

The pair met when Currie interviewed him on her late night time present on BBC Radio 5 Stay within the late Nineteen Nineties. Ms Currie, 74, described him as a ‘gallant gentleman’ with a ‘fantastic sense of humour’

‘I simply thought he sounded actually fascinating. He did not sound like a police officer,’ she stated.

‘I requested him if he’d misplaced management of the streets of Brixton as a result of there’d been some shootings, however I additionally requested him out to lunch.’

‘I stated to my producer “Give him my quantity and if he is I am going to take him to lunch in Covent Backyard”.’

John, whose first spouse had died the earlier yr, agreed to the invitation. Ms Currie later admitted that, for her, it was love at first sight.

Ms Currie stated: ‘I obtained there early and he turned up in a darkish blue swimsuit and a Flying Squad tie. I assumed ‘I would not thoughts being arrested by you’.’

The pair had been married in 2001 and had remained collectively ever since, even showing as a star couple on an episode of Discount Hunt.

The distinguished Metropolitan Police detective died on November 1 only a few weeks after opting to convey his most cancers remedy to an finish

‘We had been very fortunate. We had 20 nice years,’ Ms Currie stated.

Ms Currie married accountant Ray Currie in Devon in 1972 they usually had two kids, however had divorced in 1997.

Throughout the marriage she had a four-year affair with John Main, later Prime Minister, which she revealed in September 2002.

Following her second marriage the previous South Derbyshire MP moved to the Peak District the place she hung out with John strolling their canine, finishing up charity work and singing in a neighborhood choir.

Requested to explain him she stated: ‘He was enjoyable. He made everyone smile. 

‘He had a beautiful sense of humour, barely naughty and really quaint, however in a gallant gentleman sort of method.’

‘He’d had most cancers for a few years,’ Ms Currie previous BBC Radio Derby. ‘He was a heavy smoker and inevitably most individuals who smoke get an sickness and the worst of these is most cancers’

Throughout her first marriage, Ms Currie had a four-year affair with John Main (pictured centre), later Prime Minister, which she revealed in September 2002

She additionally paid tribute to his distinguished policing profession. ‘He led outstanding groups and did an amazing quantity,’ she stated.

‘He is a type of individuals who truly would not want an epitaph as a result of he lives on within the hearts and minds of lots of people he helped.’

Talking in a 2014 interview with the Mail On Sunday, Mr Jones questioned whether or not it was a ‘good factor’ for his spouse to have revealed her affair with Mr Main.

She made the revelation in her now-infamous diaries. 

Mr Jones stated ‘I used to be considerably uncertain over whether or not it was factor for her to place all that stuff about Mr Main into the diaries,’ he says.

‘Her view – and I laughed out loud on the time – was that this was a part of British historical past. 

‘I stated, “For God’s sake, what are you speaking about, a part of British historical past? 

“This can be a man and a girl who did one thing they should not have carried out within the flush of their youth.”‘

Ms Currie by no means advised her ex-husband or their two daughters, Debbie, 46, and Susie, 43, in regards to the affair or that she was about to reveal it to the nation in her diaries. 

They then discovered by studying the entrance web page of a newspaper.

‘It did damage Ray and it did damage the women,’ Mr Jones added. 

He additionally described his spouse as ‘an eater’ within the interview, which got here as Ms Currie appeared in I am a Celeb… Get Me Out Of Right here in 2014. 

‘She’s an eater. My God, she’s an eater,’ he stated.

‘After “I really like you”, Edwina’s most used phrase is “I am a bit peckish”.

Talking in a 2014 interview with the Mail On Sunday, Mr Jones questioned whether or not it was a ‘good factor’ for his spouse to have revealed her affair with Mr Main

‘In the event you put an enormous plate of meals in entrance of her, she’s going to end it. And, if I can not end mine, she’ll end that too if she will be able to pay money for it.

‘You’ll be able to think about what it is like up right here in Derbyshire too: bloody nice parts.

‘She does really feel it might be a good suggestion to do away with a little bit of weight. I believe she may do with shifting a stone. She’d be delighted if she did.’

Nevertheless, he did additionally describe his spouse as ‘a little bit of a intercourse goddess’ and stated she had all the time been ‘my pin-up, even earlier than I met her.’   

Earlier in 2014, the previous politician revealed that she had been ordered off Twitter by her husband after she was criticised for saying individuals who use meals banks spend their money on tattoos and pet food.

She had stated in feedback to BBC Radio Stoke, ‘I get very, very troubled on the variety of people who find themselves utilizing meals banks who suppose that it is high quality to pay to feed their canine, their canine is in good nick and exquisite, however they by no means study to prepare dinner, they by no means study to handle and the second they have a little bit of spare money they’re off getting one other tattoo.

‘We should always really feel cross about this, all of us.’ 

Shortly after the feedback, she tweeted: ‘Hubby is demanding I cease tweeting and go pay him some consideration. I hear and obey.’ 

He additionally described his spouse as ‘an eater’ within the interview, which got here as Ms Currie appeared in I am a Celeb… Get Me Out Of Right here in 2014