Andrew Marr's wife Jackie Ashley has opened up about her husband's recovery, following his stroke early last year.
The Guardian columnist said that although Marr is back at work, he has yet to fully recover from the medical condition.
"He's fine, but he's a long way off being fully recovered," Ashley stated on ITV's Lorraine earlier today (June 26).
"I think that's what a lot of people don't realise. He's back to work, which is fantastic, but he's had no movement at all really in his left arm, his left leg is still very weak, and he walks with a stick.
"He can't do a lot of the things he used to do. He can't run. He can't ride a bicycle."
Ashley revealed that her husband had previously suffered mini-strokes, and could have prevented his major stroke from happening had he visited the doctors.
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She explained: "On one occasion, he was trying to do a piece to camera for a film he was making, and he said he couldn't get the words out, which is very unusual for him.
"His mouth wouldn't seem to work properly, so he just went to lie down and had the afternoon off.
"Later in the day, he went back and did the piece to camera and thought, 'Oh well, I was just feeling off colour', but that funny turn, when the words just wouldn't come out, is one of the classic symptoms of a mini-stroke."
