Patrick Moore: The Reluctant Bachelor

'HIS fiancée Lorna, a nurse, was killed in a German air raid at the age of 20, which could explain why after a lifetime spent as a “reluctant bachelor” Sir Patrick Moore still fears that another European war is a possibility.

'The Sky At Night presenter, who lied about his age to join the RAF during the war, has never spoken about his wartime experiences but has told the Radio Times: “We must take care. There may be another war. The Germans will try again, given another chance.”'

Of his loss, astronomer Sir Patrick, 89, says: “That is why I’m a reluctant bachelor. It’s such a long time ago now, 1940. But I still feel the same about Lorna and, if it had been the other way round. I think she’d have done the same.”

The Daily Express, quoting a Radio Times interview.

Poor Patrick.

A friend swears they once heard Patrick Moore interviewed on the radio.

"And you've never married, have you Patrick?"

"No, I had a fiancee, but she died in the war."

"Oh, how very sad. What was her name?"
"I can't remember."

PS PM is also barkingly right-wing, though you might have guessed that from the above.