THE disgraced daughter of late NHS fundraising hero Captain Tom Moore is set to release a book about coping with death.
Hannah Ingram-Moore, 54, will self-publish her work ‘Grief: Public Face, Private Loss’ this week, sources have said.
Jeremy SelwynHannah Ingram-Moore is set to release her second book[/caption]
The SunHannah alongside Captain Tom prior to his death[/caption]
The SunThe late Captain Tom Moore with a copy of his autobiography[/caption]
But the move is likely to spark controversy after she and husband Colin, 67, pocketed £1.5 million from a previous book deal – giving none to Captain Sir Tom’s charity.
A damning Charity Commission report last November found it was among moves by the Ingram-Moores to plunder her father’s memory for their own benefit.
The couple were also ordered to demolish a luxury spa that had built in their grounds using the Captain Tom Foundation charity name.
Mrs Ingram-Moore, who is a director of a management consultant firm, is said to be planning publicity to promote the new book.
A source said: “It appears to be another attempt to cash in.
“While the book does not use his name, it seems it will feature his death and give tips to the public on how to cope with grief.
“Hannah is totally shameless and still doesn’t think she has done much wrong.
“While most people would be lying low, instead she is releasing a self-help book.
“But it is quite telling that she is self-publishing – as no big publisher would go near her.”
Today, a local in the village of Marston Moretaine, Beds – where Captain Tom Moore completed laps of their garden during Covid – said: “This will not go down well.
“Hannah and Colin are not very popular here because of everything that’s happened.
“I am pretty sure she won’t be holding a public book-signing.
“And I don’t think the book will sell as many copies as Captain Tom’s did.”
Captain Tom – knighted before his death – raised nearly £39 million for NHS charities by completing 100 lockdown laps of the family’s garden using a walking aid.
Publishers Penguin then agreed to pay a £1.4 million advance to the Ingram-Moore’s private company for Captain Tom’s memoir on the understanding a contribution would be made to charity.
In the prologue to Tomorrow Will Be a Good Day, Capt Tom – who died in 2021 aged 100 – wrote: “I have also been given the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation established in my name.”
Mrs Ingram-Moore later defended the decision to keep profits from his books, which also included Life Lessons and One Hundred Steps.
Most of the money from them went into family company, Club Nook.
Charity Commission’s findings into Hannah Ingram-Moores
LAST month, a 30-page report was published, following a two-year inquiry.
It found the Ingram-Moores carried out repeated instances of misconduct.
These included:
“disingenuous” statements from Mrs Ingram-Moore about not being offered a six-figure sum to become the charity’s CEO
a misleading implication that donations from book sales would be made to the foundation
no evidence to support Mrs Ingram-Moore’s claims she attended an awards ceremony in a personal capacity, for which she was paid £18,000
The couple used the foundation’s name in an initial planning application for an illegal spa pool block at their home
PAThe Charity Commission has previously ruled Hannah’s actions as ‘disingenuous’[/caption]
Getty Images – GettyHannah and her husband Colin[/caption]
PAThe pair were previously ordered to demolish an unauthorised spa that had been built under Captain Tom’s name[/caption]
She said: “They were Captain Tom’s books and his wishes were that that money would sit in Club Nook.”
In an interview with Piers Morgan, Ms Ingram-Moore added the books were “never anything to do with charity”.
The Charity Commission report found that Ingram-Moore – blocked from paying herself a £150,000 salary as the foundation’s CEO – took £85,000 per year.
She also reimbursed her own firm with £80,000 in costs from the foundation.
The Ingram-Moores were also ordered to take down the unauthorised spa building – with a pool, toilets and kitchen – named after Captain Tom that was built in their garden.
Colin Ingram-Moore said: “I can’t comment – we will release something when we are ready to release it.”
Hannah Ingram-Moore was approached for comment.
How Captain Sir Tom Moore rose to fame & his daughter’s controversies
March 2020 – D-Day veteran Captain Tom Moore walks 100 laps around his Bedfordshire garden before his 100th birthday, raising £30million for the NHS during the first lockdown.
April 2020 – Captain Tom reaches No. 1 in the charts with his cover of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’. He receives 100,000 cards for his 100th birthday, which is marked with a Battle of Britain flypast. A train is named after him.
July 2020 – Captain Tom is knighted by the Queen in a special private ceremony at Windsor Castle.
September 2020 – Hannah Ingram-Moore launches the Captain Tom Foundation to combat loneliness.
December 2020 – Drones swarm into the shape of Captain Tom’s face at the New Year’s Eve firework display in London.
February 2021 – Captain Sir Tom Moore dies after catching covid-19.
February 2022 – The Charity Commission launches a probe into the Captain Tom foundation after it paid £50,000 to companies run by Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin.
July 2023 – The foundation stops accepting donations. Planning chiefs order Hannah to tear down an unauthorised spa at her Bedfordshire home. The building had been approved to be used “in connection with the Captain Tom Foundation and its charitable objectives”. But a larger building with a spa pool was built instead and was denied retrospective planning permission. Hannah appeals.
September 2023 – accounts reveal Hannah received more than £70,000 to head the foundation.
October 2023 – Hannah loses her appeal and is ordered to demolish the spa and restore the garden to its original condition.
January 2024 – Demolition work begins.
November 2024 – Probe finds family “repeatedly benefitted” from “mismanaged” foundation.
January 2025 – Her business Club Nook collapses with just £149 in assets compared to £336,300 a year prior. The foundation’s website also disappears.
PAHannah Ingram-Moore pocketed £1.5million from a book deal – giving none to her father’s charity[/caption]
GettyA report previously found that Ingram-Moore and her husband had plundered her father’s memory for their own benefit[/caption]
PACaptain Tom rose to fame in 2020 for walking 100 laps of his garden[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
