Prunella Scales’ condition deteriorates

British actress PRUNELLA SCALES can no longer recall memories of her marriage to actor TIMOTHY WEST as her battle with Alzheimer’s disease worsens, according to broadcaster PIERS MORGAN.
The Fawlty Towers star, 83, and her husband of 52 years revealed last year (14) that she was suffering from a “mild” form of the degenerative disease.
Morgan has now revealed her condition has got worse, and she cannot recall most memories, which he discovered when Scales watched West film an interview for TV chat show Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.
Morgan says, “He’s her main carer. He’s been utterly fantastic. But you could see total sadness etched on his face that they can’t now share all the stuff they have shared, because she can only remember parts of it.
“Prunella was in the audience and Timothy wanted her there, yet he wanted to talk about her illness… He said, ‘Don’t worry because she won’t remember.’ Afterwards in the green room, she had no memory of it. It’s heartbreaking… Timothy got very emotional about it. They’ve been married all those years and she has no recall of most of the marriage, so they can’t share moments… It was one of the hardest things he had to do, knowing she was in the audience.
“For me, to talk to her just after she’d watched for two hours and she can’t recall being in the studio – it was a powerful illustration of how awful a disease it is.”
West’s interview with Morgan is set to air in the U.K. next month (Sep15).