Sir Michael Palin has kept his late wife's clothes
Monty Python star Sir Michael Palin has revealed he has still has his late wife Helen's clothes hanging in his cupboards more than a year after her death because he wants to carry on with life as if she is "still here".
Sir Michael Palin still has his late wife clothes hanging in cupboards more than a year after her death because he wants to carry on as if she is "still here".
The 81-year-old Monty Python star was left devastated when his wife of almost 60 years passed away in 2023 and he's revealed he hasn't cleared her belongings out of the London home they shared because he likes to be reminded of the time they spent together.
When asked if he will ever move out of the house, he told The Times newspaper: "I don’t feel that way - at the moment, anyway. Everything around me has a story or something that reminds me of time we spent together, not in a maudlin way.
"Just they are the props of your life. Get rid of all those props and I’d be in a different play, playing a different character. And I don’t want to do that.
"I know it seems odd, but I carry on as though Helen is still here. Her clothes are still in the cupboards. I don’t want to change my life, because I feel she wouldn’t want that either. It’s still a nice house to come back to. I feel her presence here."
Michael revealed he still feels "bereft" after losing Helen and he's adamant he will never share his life with anyone else.
He added: "It’s very odd, not having her here ... It’s about coming back from a night at the theatre or dinner and the first thing I want is to tell Helen, ‘That was c***,’ or, ‘That was wonderful.’
"I still feel quite bereft, because it’s the little things. The people we knew over such a long period whom I can’t talk about now to her. I still find that very difficult. But there we are … "
