Captain Tom’s Daughter admits keeping cash from books during Piers Morgan interview - live
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter has admitted keeping £800,000 from three books the late army veteran had written, despite the prologue of one of them suggesting the money would go to charity.
Hannah Ingram-Moore told Piers Morgan that her late father had wanted his family to keep the profits in Club Nook Ltd, a firm that is separate from the Captain Tom Foundation.
In a clip released ahead of the interview, which is being aired this evening, she said that her father “specifically” wanted her to keep the book profits.
She insisted there was no suggestion anyone who purchased the books thought the money was going to charity, but the prologue of Sir Tom’s book says it is a “chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name.”
The Independent exclusively revealed last year the foundation had paid tens of thousands of pounds to companies run by Ingram-Moore and her husband.
She will also address her “regret” over building a spa and pool complex at their Grade II listed home in Bedfordshire, despite planning applications being submitted in the foundation’s name.
Hannah Ingram Moore appears on Piers Morgan show after Captain Tom donation scandal
12:42 , Athena Stavrou
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter will appear on the Piers Morgan Uncensored tonight after admitting to keeping £800,000 from three books the late army veteran had written, despite the prologue of one of them suggesting the money would go to charity.
Hannah Ingram-Moore told Piers Morgan in a preview clip that her late father had wanted his family to keep the profits in Club Nook Ltd, a firm that is separate from the Captain Tom Foundation.
In a clip released ahead of the interview, which will be aired on Thursday evening, she said that her father “specifically” wanted her to keep the money in Club Nook Ltd.
She insisted there was no suggestion anyone who purchased the books thought the money was going to charity, but the prologue of Sir Tom’s book says it is a “chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name.”
She will also discuss her “regret” over building a spa and pool complex at their Grade II listed home in Bedfordshire, despite planning applications being submitted in the foundation’s name.
The full interview will air on Talk TV where Ms Ingram-Moore will be joined by her husband and two teenage children.
Who was Captain Tom?
12:46 , Athena Stavrou
Captain Sir Tom Moore served in the Second World War and became a nationally celebrated figure during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
He served in India and the Burma campaign during the Second World War, and later became an instructor in armoured warfare. After the war, he worked as managing director of a concrete company and was an avid motorcycle racer.
He raised £38.9m for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday during the height of the Covid-19 national lockdown.
He died in 2021, while thousands of buyers of his books, including his autobiography Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day, were unaware the profits were going to his family.
Upset Lorraine Kelly ‘let down’ by Captain Tom’s family after they admit pocketing book funds
12:48 , Athena Stavrou
Lorraine Kelly admitted she “felt let down” on Captain Tom’s behalf, after it was revealed his family pocketed a reported £800,000 from the sale of his books.
Lorraine said: “She (his daughter) talks about some of the controversies that have surrounded the money raised in his name, including how the family kepr £800,000 from the books Captain Tom wrote before he died.
“They say he wanted the family to keep the profits, it will be interesting to tune into that. I am sure I am not the only one that just feels a bit let down on his behalf. Do you know what I mean?”
Watch below:
Recap: Captain Tom charity paid thousands to daughter’s firm
13:02 , Athena Stavrou
The Independent exclusively revealed last year the foundation had paid tens of thousands of pounds to companies run by Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband.
Accounts for the charity published in February 2022 revealed that £54,039 has been paid to two companies run by Captain Tom’s daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, and her husband, Colin.
They also show that more money was spent on management costs than was given to charities.
Read more here:
Captain Tom charity paid daughter’s firm set up days before foundation established
Does the book suggest profits are going to charity?
13:13 , Athena Stavrou
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter has insisted there was no suggestion anyone who purchased the books thought the money was going to charity.
However, the prologue of his autobiography Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day suggests sales of the book will raise “even more money” for charity.
The prologue of his book reads: “Astonishingly at my age, with the offer to write this memoir I have also been given the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name.”
Ingram-Moore ‘regrets’ building spa and pool complex submitted in foundation’s name
13:40 , Athena Stavrou
In a preview clip of her interview with Piers Morgan, Hannah Ingram-Moore spoke of her “regret” over building a spa and pool complex at their Grade II listed home in Bedfordshire, despite planning applications being submitted in the foundation’s name.
The application was completed using the couple’s names, but allegedly namechecked the foundation as part of the design and access and heritage statement.
“At no time were The Captain Tom Foundation’s independent trustees aware of planning permissions made by Mr and Mrs Ingram-Moore purporting to be in the foundation’s name”, the charity’s trustees told The Sun.
Captain Tom’s daughter says family have received death threats
14:00 , Athena Stavrou
Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Talk TV, Hannah Ingram-Moore said the family had even received death threats.
She said: “There is a forum… they were all discussing how they were going to come and kill us all.”
The alleged threats come following revelations about her role as CEO of her late father’s charity foundation which saw her use the name for planning permission and keep £800,000 of book profits.
Watch: Hannah Ingram-Moore interview
14:20 , Athena Stavrou
In a clip released ahead of her interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, which will be aired on Thursday evening, Hannah Ingram-Moore admits to keeping £800,000 made from her late father’s book sales.
Watch here:
Captain Tom’s daughter was paid £70,000 as donations fell
14:40 , Athena Stavrou
A watchdog’s intervention into the Captain Tom Foundation had a “massive adverse impact” on fundraising, the charity’s latest accounts state, while also showing the late veteran’s daughter received more than £70,000 in salary and expenses payments.
The Charity Commission launched an inquiry into the foundation in June last year, after identifying concerns about the charity’s management and independence from Sir Tom’s family.
The foundation’s latest accounts, which were published in early September, show that for the nine months from August 2021 to April 2022, Sir Tom’s daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, received a gross salary of £63,750 in her role as interim chief executive officer (CEO).
The Charity Commission had consented to an annual salary of £85,000.
She also received £7,602 in expense payments for travel and administration between June 2021 and November 2022.
How Captain Tom Moore’s legacy became mired in controversy
15:00 , Athena Stavrou
When Captain Sir Tom Moore began his mission to walk 100 lengths of his Bedfordshire garden in 2020, few could have imagined the intense interest that swept the country.
“Tom’s 100th Birthday Walk for the NHS” initially hoped to raise £1,000 in donations for NHS Charities Together but quickly became a sensation, its first target met in just four days before it eventually reached £32.8m.
An icon of British public-spiritedness in the face of adversity, celebrated across the land with everything from buses and trains to police dogs named in his honour, Captain Tom Moore died on 2 February 2021 shortly after having been hospitalised with pneumonia and, inevitably, Covid-19.
The first suggestion that the legacy of his fundraising exploits might be rather more complicated emerged a year later when it was reported on 8 February 2022 that The Captain Tom Foundation, incorporated on 5 May 2020 to administer the donations collected from his inspirational walks, had spent more on management fees than it had released in grants.
Joe Sommerlad reports:
How NHS hero Captain Tom Moore’s triumphant legacy became mired in family controversy
What else will be addressed in the interview?
15:26 , Athena Stavrou
In addition to questions about her keeping book profits, Hannah Ingram-Moore will also be questioned about her decision to accept a payment of £18,000 for attending the Virgin Media 02 Captain Tom Foundation Connector Awards in 2021, despite already being paid as the charity’s chief executive.
Of the money paid to the family’s company the Maytrix Group, only £2,000 went to charity while Ms Ingram-Moore kept £16,000.
Becoming tearful, she said: “I think it’s all very easy to look back and think I should have made different decisions, but I hadn’t planned on being the CEO.”
What books has Captain Tom written?
16:00 , Athena Stavrou
Captain Sir Tom Moore wrote three books before he died in 2021.
His first book, an autobiography titled Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day, was published in September 2021 - mere months after he completed his back-garden challenge.
Just one month later, he published One Hundred Steps: The Story of Captain Sir Tom Moore Captain Tom Moore, an illustrated children’s book about his life story. It was described as “the book of hope for Christmas”.
The final book he wrote was published one month after his death in April 2021. Titled Captain Tom’s Life Lessons, the short book is currently on sale on Amazon for £10.33.
His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore has admitted to keeping £800,000 of profits from the three books - despite the prologue of his autobiography suggesting the book would raise money for his charity.
Pictures: Captain Tom’s legacy
17:00 , Athena Stavrou
Why did Captain Tom’s daughter keep book profits?
18:00 , Athena Stavrou
When admitting to keeping £800,000 of her late father’s book profits, Captain Tom’s daughter, insisted it was his wish.
Hannah Ingram-Moore said her late father had wanted his family to keep the profits in Club Nook Ltd, a firm that is separate from the Captain Tom Foundation.
His daughter said during an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV: “These were my father’s books, and it was honestly such a joy for him to write them, but they were his books.
“He had an agent and they worked on that deal, and his wishes were that that money would sit in Club Nook, and in the end… ”
Morgan asked: “For you to keep?”, and she replied “Yes. Specifically.”
However, a prologue in Captain Tom’s autobiography reads: “Astonishingly at my age, with the offer to write this memoir I have also been given the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name.”
Her full interview with Piers Morgan will air tonight at 8pm.
Who was Captain Tom?
19:00 , Athena Stavrou
Captain Sir Tom Moore served in the Second World War and became a nationally celebrated figure during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
He served in India and the Burma campaign during the Second World War, and later became an instructor in armoured warfare. After the war, he worked as managing director of a concrete company and was an avid motorcycle racer.
He raised £38.9m for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday during the height of the Covid-19 national lockdown.
He died in 2021, while thousands of buyers of his books, including his autobiography Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day, were unaware the profits were going to his family.
Captain Tom’s daughter full interview to air at 8pm
19:30 , Athena Stavrou
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter’s full interview with Piers Morgan will be aired at 8pm tonight.
In the interview on Talk TV, Hannah Ingram-Moore is joined by her husband and two teenage children to explain controversies surrounding her late father’s book profits.
In a previewed clip of the programme, Mrs Ingram-Moore admits to keeping £800,000 of profits from Captain Tom’s three published books.
She insists it was his wish for his family to keep the profits Club Nook Ltd, a firm that is separate from the Captain Tom Foundation.
She is also set to address her controversial spa and pool complex she built at her Bedfordshire home, in which she submitted planning applications in the foundation’s name.
20:00 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Piers Morgan’s interview with Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter is due to start imminently.
Stay tuned while we keep you updated.
‘There was an underbelly of hate'
20:05 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Hannah Ingram-Moore said she agreed to do the interview said “there was an underbelly of hate” towards her father, Sir Tom.
She said people barraged her with with a “campaign of hate” on Twitter, accusing her of manipulating her father.
Hate mail sent to Sir Tom’s teenage granddaughter
20:09 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Hate mail was sent to Captain Sir Tom Moore’s teenage granddaughter, the family told Piers Morgan.
The letter that was sent was disguised in a child-like envelope, decorated with butterflies.
Captain Tom’s family ‘all received death threats'
20:11 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Captain Tom’s daughter, husband and two grandchildren have all received death threats, the family told Piers in the TalkTV interview.
“There’s a forum,” Hannah Ingram-Moore said, though admitted she has not looked at it, otherwise she would “not be able to cope”.
His knighthood ‘meant everything’ to him
20:15 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Knighthood by the Queen “meant everything” to Captain Tom, his daughter said.
‘It was his dream to go to Barbados'
20:19 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Responding to the critcism of taking her father to Barbados, Hannah Ingram-Moore said: “It was his dream.”
As part of his bucket list, Captain Tom’s daughter list said her father he wanted to go back to India, jump out of an aeroplane, and “go to watch the cricket in Barbados”.
“Finally we found a period of time where we could all go, and we were all invited, and his dream was to go and see the cricketers in Barbados.”
‘We’ve never been able to grieve as a family'
20:22 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
“We’ve never been able to grieve as a family, because we had to grieve with the world,” Hannah Ingram-Moore’s husband said, speaking of his father-in-law’s death.
The “glare of the media” was always there.
Family address spa pool controversy
20:33 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Speaking about the pool and spa complex that was built, Hannah Ingram-Moore said: “We wanted this building to be storage, multi-purpose [...] we also wanted to have it as a community building to help some of the aging population.
“We wanted it as part of that legacy.”
Piers Morgan said: “I think that was a mistake.
“It’s very hard to argue that you need a spa pool to pay tribute to your father.”
“I think that’s what angered the public.”
‘We did not intend it to be the Captain Tom Foundation'
20:34 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Continuing to speak about the pool and spa complex, Ms Ingram-Moore said: “Our original application- the name was never meant to be the Captain Tom Foundation- it was meant to be the Captain Tom building. That got lost in translation.
“The building was never meant to be for charity, it was meant to be somewhere we could do charitable work.”
“We did not intend it to be the Captain Tom Foundation.
“We completely accept responsibility for that.”
‘Hindsight is a wonderful thing'
20:39 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
“Hindsight is a wonderful thing and we should have been more careful. We should have done this differently,” Ms Ingram-Moore said.
‘We paid for the spa pool building'
20:41 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
When asked who has paid for the spa pool building, Captain Tom’s daughter said: “We have.”
She added that “not one penny” was paid for by the foundation, “ there would no paper trail”.
Captain Tom’s daughter says family kept £800,000 from his books ‘because it’s what he wanted’
20:59 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Captain Tom’s daughter has admitted to keeping £800,000 from three books the late army veteran had written, despite the prologue of one of them suggesting the money would go to charity.
Hannah Ingram-Moore said her late father had wanted his family to keep the profits in Club Nook Ltd, a firm that is separate from the Captain Tom Foundation.
His daughter said during an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV: “These were my father’s books, and it was honestly such a joy for him to write them, but they were his books.
Captain Tom’s daughter admits family kept £800,000 from his books
21:05 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
When asked about the family’s company making £800,000, the family said that “the majority” of the £800,000 came from products trademarking his name.
Family force Piers to abruptly stop interview when pressed on where the £800,000 came from
21:10 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
When Piers Morgan questioned Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore about where the £800,000 has come from, they quickly became uncomfortable.
Eventually, after an “unfair line of questioning,” the family asked for the interview to be abruptly stopped and for the cameras to stop rolling.
Ms Ingram-Moore dramatically left the chair she was sitting on and the interview was stopped.
Piers revealed that the couple then told him off the record where the money had come from, and then agreed to resume the interview on-camera.
Watch: Captain Tom's granddaughter shows hate mail she received
21:17 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Interview ends in tears
21:29 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The interview ended with tears as Captain Tom’s daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore spoke of the “devastation” she has gone through as the controversy and scandal hit home.
“It’s utterly devastating. To think we had something that we thought could have a global positive impact to devastate overnight,” she said, wiping tears.
“All the people who were engaging with us left, literally left.”
