Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Ranulph Fiennes wants to get even with school bullies

By LFTO News Team

Outdoor headlines

10 November 2009 15:59

In an extraordinary interview with BBC Four Fiennes said he was bullied so badly at Eton more than 50 years ago he contemplated suicide.

Sir Ran, who became the oldest Brit to climb Everest earlier this year, said his 'pretty boy' image led him to a series of beatings.

One of those he names as responsible for a beating is former Tory cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken. Aitken has since denied he ever laid a hand on Fiennes.

Fiennes said he's met Aitken since but for other bullies he dished out a warning: "You know the stories you read about people who get their own back 60 years later, so there’s still a chance ... I know who they are."

Click here to read the full story in The Times.