An aristocrat has died after falling out of his bedroom window while letting his cat out.
Michael Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, Marquess of Ailesbury, 98, died instantly on Sunday when he hit a concrete patio.
His wife, Teresa Marshall de Paoli, 88, described what happened at their home in Shepherd’s Bush.
She said: ‘It was an absolutely freak accident. I think the cat called Honeybun got her head stuck and he pushed it (the window) up and lost his balance and he fell onto to the patio.
‘He hit the concrete with the back of his head – I was told that would have killed him… A police officer said the death was instant.’
She told
