 Internet Unknown) Speaking about his off-camera chat with Bingham in 2014, Campbell said last night: 'Hugh told me about his brother being a Buddhist – and then when I discovered this man living in Australia was a Buddhist it was the first time everything fell into place.' Only three people were present for the interview in the conservatory of a house in Johannesburg. After establishing he was speaking off the record, Bingham told Campbell: 'My brother did get out of England alive and I know he was living under some sort of alias. "I still don't know how he managed to get away. But I do know my brother would never have committed suicide. 'He completely rejected his former lifestyle and adopted a simpler, more reflective life following a Buddhist belief system. 'I'd heard he moved down through India, living in hostels and refuges run by people of similar beliefs.' Image: Topfoto/PA Images) Topfoto/PA Images) Bingham died from cancer in Johanne){kind=link}
Hugh Bingham reportedly disclosed his missing brother was living abroad as a Buddhist after fleeing the UK in an unearthed off-the-record interview with the BBC in 2014
Lord Lucan’s brother knew the missing aristocrat was living abroad as a Buddhist under an assumed name, it is claimed.
Hugh Bingham, who died in 2018, had described details of his brother’s escape from Britain in an off-the-record chat with ex-BBC journalist Glen Campbell four years earlier.
His bombshell came as he was being interviewed in South Africa in 2014 for BBC1 news investigation programme Inside Out.
When the interview ended, he asked: “Is that camera turned off?”