For 45 years Audrey Clifford watched as her son and daughter grew up without her – knowing they blamed her for their dad’s death.
Even when son Leon Towers became known to millions as a TV animal expert, Audrey believed she was the one person who would never be allowed to know him as she should.
She had fled home aged 20, blamed by her in-laws for the death of husband Brian and leaving six-week-old Leon and sister Nikki, two, in their care.
