<b>SIR CLEMENT FREUD</b>, much-loved for his Saturday column in the Racing Post, has died.
His family announced on Thursday that Freud died at his desk on Wednesday at his home in London, nine days short of his 85th birthday.
The writer, broadcaster and former Liberal MP, a frequent contributor to Radio 4’s Just a Minute show, was a grandson of the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud.
Freud was also a former member of the Royal Ascot Racing Club, in whose colours Motivator won the 2005 Derby.
His five children include the PR businessman Matthew Freud and TV presenter Emma Freud.