Bake Off’s Prue Leith scared for son’s life amid murder probe

Dame Prue, who lives in Moreton-in-Marsh just over the Oxfordshire border, is most famous for judging Channel 4 show The Great British Bake Off, appearing alongside fellow judge Paul Hollywood for nine series.

The 86-year-old joined the series in 2017, replacing Henley resident Dame Mary Berry when it moved from the BBC, but in January this year announced she was bowing out of the Bake Off.

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Even so, she has continued to be featured in the media, with her latest appearance concerning her son Danny Kruger, an MP for Reform UK.

Speaking to Times Radio this week, Dame Prue said she was “worrying” about him in the wake of the death of Ann Widdecombe.

Danny Kruger MP (Image: Victoria Jones/PA)

Ms Widdecombe was found dead at her home in Devon on Thursday, July 9, at her home in Devon with police having since arrested a 28-year-old man in Rotherham on suspicion of her murder.

The former Conservative minister joined Reform UK in 2019, the same party that Mr Kruger defected to in September 2025, with the party since pushing for more money to be spent on security for MPs.

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Speaking to Times Radio, Dame Prue said: “I haven’t even rung him [her son] up about it because I don’t want him…having to add to the worry the fact that his mother is worrying.”

She added: “Honestly, I think the government will do everything it can to protect MPs and there are dangers in every walk of life and this is one that MPs have to have in the back of their minds.

“But I think it is scary.”