Dame Esther Rantzen was honoured with the Gold Medal at the Royal Television Society Awards on Tuesday night, the charity's highest accolade.
In an emotional speech after the ceremony, Rebecca said it 'infuriates' her that her mother had not been well enough to go to the event and accept the award herself. Dame Esther has joined the call by campaigners for a change to the law on assisted dying in the UK and led a chorus of dismay after a much-anticipated report by MPs into assisted dying failed to deliver any clear-cut findings or proposals.
The award was presented by Susanna Reid , who called Esther 'television's original consumer's champion and its most fearless campaigner' But the committee stopped short of calling for a House of Commons debate, which would have allowed MPs to thrash out their differences on existing legislation before holding a vote.
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