Captain Tom’s family slash £250,000 from asking price of country mansion as it fails to sell
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Covid fundraiser’s loved ones removed any mention of him from online listing. Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family have been forced to reduce the price of their country mansion by £250,000 as the property fails to sell amid the scandal embroiling them. The Covid fundraiser’s loved ones have now removed any mention of him from the online listing after previously using photographs of some of his key moments to try to sell the seven-bed house for £2.25million.
![[Captain Tom became famous during the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020 by walking 100 laps around his garden ahead of his 100th birthday to raise money for the NHS]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/21/00/83c5a4f807b9600f3414c9d6e2633ccdY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMyMjIyOTg5-2.58899065.jpg)
The pictures included one of the war veteran being knighted by the late Queen Elizabeth II and another of a bust in the hallway of the family home that showed him finishing his multi-million pound charity walk during lockdown. Facing fierce criticism over their handling of the charity set up in his name, the centenarian’s family had to take the mansion in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, off the open market entirely.
![[Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, 53, and her husband Colin Ingram-Moore, 66, drew an angry backlash when they were accused of repeated misconduct in a report by the Charity Commission about the running of the Captain Tom Foundation]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/21/00/0b189ed19f1add5a2a230a756bf8d551Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMxMDAwNzQw-2.63516456.jpg)
Now, the property is on the market again – but for offers in excess of £2million this time, and, it appears, also with no references to Captain Tom. Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, 53, and her husband Colin Ingram-Moore, 66, drew an angry backlash when they were accused of repeated misconduct in a report by the Charity Commission about the running of the Captain Tom Foundation.
The watchdog’s highly critical November report found they “repeatedly benefited” financially from a charity created in his name in 2020, engaging in a “pattern of behaviour” that saw them personally earn more than £1million from their involvement.
