Rolf Harris’ wife Alwen Hughes dies aged 93 one year after paedo husband’s death from neck cancer
THE wife of disgraced paedophile TV star Rolf Harris has died, aged 93 – one year after her husband.
Alwen Hughes stood by Harris when he was jailed in 2014 for 12 indecent assaults on four underage girls between 1968 and 1986.
They were married for 65 years prior to Harris’ death in May 2023.
Hughes has previously been pictured in a wheelchair and was reportedly suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in her final years.
She stuck by her disgraced husband through the proceedings and his subsequent jail term.
She attended every day of Harris’ initial trial alongside their daughter Bindi.
She was a jeweller and sculptress, born on December 26, 1931, in North London.
She married Harris in March 1958, after the pair met in art school.
The sculptress grew up in Wales and is known for her eccentric clothing, as well as her decision to have a poodle as a bridesmaid.
The couple married at St Saviour’s Church in Paddington in 1958.
Harris was convicted of 12 sex attacks on girls as young as seven and was handed a jail sentence of just under six years.
After a jury failed to reach a verdict on charges at his 2017 hearing, Harris’ solicitor read a statement from him saying: “Whilst I am pleased that this is finally over, I feel no sense of victory – just relief.
“I am 87 years old, my wife is in ill-health and we simply want to spend our remaining time together.”
Speaking shortly after Harris’ conviction in 2014, singer Vince Hill said: “Alwen is very poorly. We’re all very worried about her.
“I don’t know if she will survive his prison term. She’s quite fragile. She suffers from arthritis and she’s had hip replacements and God knows what.”
Harris was living as a near recluse after being freed from jail, accompanied only by his wife and their carers.