CAPTAIN Tom Moore captured the nation’s hearts during the pandemic and was knighted by the Queen after raising £39million for the NHS.
But his daughter has since been embroiled in a fight to keep an illegally built spa and pool complex as well as facing fury for pocketing £800k in cash from the sale of his books.
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family have said they would still keep the £800k generated by his three books
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Hannah Ingram-Moore confessed to pocketing money from the NHS fund-raising veteran in a bombshell interview with TalkTV‘s Piers Morgan.
A tearful Hannah revealed that her family kept £800,000 from the three books her late dad had written.
She claimed that her father wanted the family to keep the profits from his three books: Captain Tom’s Life Lessons, One Hundred Steps and his autobiography Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day.
Thousands of buyers of the three books were oblivious that they were lining the family’s pockets.
But the Ingram-Moore’s are adamant that people buying the publications were never told their money was going to charity.
Tonight, a Channel 5 documentary seeks to discover whether the UK was “misled” when donating millions of pounds to Captain Sir Tom Moore‘s cause at the height of the pandemic.
Captain Tom: Where did the Money Go?, will air at 9pm and reveal the truth behind how the large amount of money was spent.
Liz Brownsell, partner and head of charities for Birketts, explains that in the case of his autobiography, there are repeated claims that proceeds will go to the The Captain Tom Foundation.
The charity, established in June 2020, aimed to recognise and raise money for organisations supporting the elderly in the UK.
Ms Brownsell said: “Captain Sir Tom Moore will always be somebody who is very much loved, and is seen as the nation’s grandfather. It’s really sad that the brand itself has been damaged.
“So when you look on the foundation website it says ‘His autobiography and a children’s book’ will support his newly formed charity The Captain Tom Foundation.”
She also pointed to the prologue of his autobiography, which reads: “Astonishingly at my age, with the offer to write this memoir I’ve also been given the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name.”
The expert added: “And so that’s the problem.”
Hannah and her husband have also been battling to overturn a council decision to tear down an “unauthorised” building worth £200,000.
The Sun exclusively revealed they told planners they wanted an office for the charity set up in Captain Tom’s name — then built a poolhouse with changing rooms, toilets and showers
The Ingram-Moore family have faced criticism for the spa and pool complex that they built at their £1.2 million home.
They have been given three months to demolish a controversial luxury spa complex they built in Captain Tom’s name after losing a court appeal.
On Tuesday November 7, the Planning Inspectorate ruled the complex will have to be come down in three months as it was built illegally at their £1.2million mansion.
Inspector Diane Fleming said the “scale and massing” of the building had “resulted in harm” to The Old Rectory – the Grade II listed family home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.
As well as tearing the spa down, the family will need to remove all building materials and restore the land to its “former condition”.
The Ingram-Moore’s now have six weeks to appeal the decision.
Hannah and her husband had initially received permission from Central Bedfordshire Council to build a small charity office for the Captain Tom Foundation.
Plans for the L-shaped building at the seven-bed mansion in Marston Moretaine were given the green light in 2021.
Hannah and husband Colin had applied in their own names for planning — but used the foundation’s name in the design and access and heritage statement.
The statement claimed the building was to be used partly “in connection with The Captain Tom Foundation and its charitable objectives”.
A subsequent 2022 retrospective application – which is sought after something has already been built – to extend the originally approved building to form a C-shape, containing a spa pool, was refused by the planning authority.
But Hannah and Colin then created a poolhouse with changing rooms, toilets and showers to sit alongside their £1.2million home.
The court heard this later “evolved” to include the spa pool.
The council won their bid to tear down the spa
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