I could not be with Steve at the end or celebrate his life with all who loved him. We followed the rules that Johnson and Sunak flouted
On Saturday 26 September 2020, I married Steve, my partner of 11 years. It was a small gathering sandwiched between the spring and autumn lockdowns, with just two witnesses in the register office. We put a marquee outside the house so that later in the evening we could celebrate with our families and friends. It was cold, but the champagne helped. Only three weeks later, Steve died of Covid. We never would have dreamed that as we mourned, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, who have been given fines today, would be carelessly breaking their own lockdown rules.
My husband was larger than life and drew people towards him. He was a retired Metropolitan police sergeant who had trained hundreds of police officers in high-speed advanced driving. He was a magical driver who could reverse at high speed and roll a cigarette at the same time.
Fran Hall is a former funeral director and CEO of the Good Funeral Guide
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