Sir Patrick Stewart has opened up about growing up in a violent home in a documentary which follows Queen Camilla’s work with domestic abuse campaigners and victims.
Mr Stewart, 84, revealed how from a young age he would have to ‘scream’ at his father to stop when he would hit his mother ‘again and again’.
He would listen to the frightening outbursts alongside his older brother and the pair became ‘experts’ at knowing when they would need to intervene and protect their mother.
The veteran actor – whose career has spanned seven decades – also spoke of ‘shame’ and ‘humiliation’ he experienced while witnessing the abuse which led him to seek therapy in later life.
He made the revelation in unseen clips from a ITV documentary following Queen Camilla‘s work with domestic violence campaigners and victims.
He also explained how he begged his mother to leave their father and even offered to buy her a house once he had become a …