Ainsley Harriott has revealed he's contemplating taking authorized motion towards the RHS Chelsea Flower Present after his sister Jacqueline virtually drowned in a water characteristic.
The dramatic scenes have been captured in pictures from the occasion in Could, when Ainsley’s sister fell right into a deep water characteristic which ran alongside a path in one of many displays.
The chef, 65, helped to drag his sister out, who was coughing up water, earlier than later updating followers to allow them to know that Jacqueline was doing nicely after the ordeal.
Ainsley admitted that he's contemplating authorized motion towards the organisers after questioning the well being and security of the occasion.
He instructed the Each day Mail: ‘The Well being and Security was not significantly nice. They need to have roped it [the show pond] off.
‘It was about 6ft deep — fairly a drop when you hit the water.’
An RHS spokesperson stated: ‘We take Well being and Security very significantly. All through the rest of the present we made the choice to shut off the backyard to guests.’
Jacqueline had fallen into the water characteristic on the primary day of the occasion and was taken to hospital by paramedics to be checked over after ‘coughing up plenty of water’.
In pictures from the occasion, she was seen laying on her aspect after being pulled out, with Ainsley tending to her as others helped ensure she was okay.
He later up to date followers, tweeting: ‘Only a massive thanks to everybody who helped my sister when she had a fall on the Chelsea Flower Present this morning. She’s doing positive and all is nicely xx.’
A visitor on the occasion instructed The Solar: ‘The backyard was filled with plenty of folks and I believe the girl will need to have fallen into the pond or tripped over and ended up within the water.
‘I believe she practically drowned. She was pulled out by Ainsley Harriott and another celebrities earlier than they laid her down on the ground. She was coughing up plenty of water.’
RHS Chelsea Flower Present bosses instructed Metro.co.uk in a press release on the time that they might be investigating the incident.
It learn: ’We're investigating an incident that occurred on a backyard at RHS Chelsea Flower Present at present.
‘The visitor was rapidly attended to by on web site medical professionals and we're happy to say is now dwelling and nicely.’
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