As a new drama series about the billionaire continues, Malcolm Dewhurst shared his memores of a ‘great man’. A former security guard for the world’s richest man has told his side of the story of John Paul Getty and his oil empire. Malcolm Dewhurst, 64, from Bosham, worked at Sutton Place, Surrey, with four other security guards from 1973 to 1976, when Getty was aged 80 and during the time Getty’s grandson was kidnapped for ransom. Malcolm worked for the billionaire from the age of just 19 and said his favourite part of the job was taking trips to London with him, some of which included Downing Street and Buckingham Palace. He recalled one particular trip, driving to London in a metallic blue Cadillac, and Getty decided he wanted stop off at Woolworths in Kensington High Street. According to Malcolm, Getty walked into a photo booth to get a picture for his passport, all the while his four security men stood guard outside. Contrary to an episode of Truth on BBC 2, which follows the Getty story, in which Getty is portrayed as having flown in a helicopter, Malcolm said the oil magnate was actually ‘petrified’ of flying and although Getty had always wanted to go and see the John Paul Getty Museum in Malibu he never went. Malcolm said: “We were all ready to go to California with him. If he went, we went. But in the end he said no. “He was very superstitious rather than religious. He’d… [Read full story]
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