Sir Michael Palin still has his late wife clothes hanging in cupboards more than a year after her death"

When asked if he will ever move out of the house, he told The Times newspaper: "I don't feel that way - at the moment, anyway. Everything around me has a story or something that reminds me of time we spent together, not in a maudlin way.

"Just they are the props of your life. Get rid of all those props and I'd be in a different play, playing a different character. And I don't want to do that.

"I know it seems odd, but I carry on as though Helen is still here. Her clothes are still in the cupboards. I don't want to change my life, because I feel she wouldn't want that either. It's still a nice house to come back to. I feel her presence here."

Michael revealed he still feels "bereft" after losing Helen and he's adamant he will never share his life with anyone else.

He added: "It's very odd, not having her here ... It's about coming back from a night at the theatre or dinner and the first thing I want is to tell Helen, 'That was c***,' or, 'That was wonderful.'

"I still feel quite bereft, because it's the little things. The people we knew over such a long period whom I can't talk about now to her. I still find that very difficult. But there we are ... "