Behind his success at Diddly Squat, Jeremy Clarkson unexpectedly revealed his health concerns and preparations for the future.
Jeremy Clarkson has been commenting about death amid some recent health concerns, and has said he hopes to ‘hang on’ until the next General Election.
The former Top Gear and The Grand Tour presenter lives in Oxfordshire, where he runs Diddly Squat Farm in Chadlington and The Farmer’s Dog pub in Asthall, near Burford.
More recently he has become known for starring in Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon Prime, which documents his time running the 1,000-acre farm.
He has been a vocal supporter of the UK’s farming industry regularly highlighting the issues the sector is facing.
In addition, in late 2024 he marched in London as part of a protest against a new 20 per cent inheritance tax on farms valued over £1 million from April 2026.
With the tax about to come into force, Mr Clarkson has revealed he has been making plans for his death in his latest The Sunday Times column.
It comes as he has previously revealed that he underwent emergency heart surgery last year at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital after suffering pains.
Since then, he has been on a new, healthier diet, which has resulted in a noticeable weight loss.
In the column, he reflects that if you’re a farmer and die after April 5, the children will have to “sell up” due to the new policy.
With this in mind he said he’s hoping to “hang on until the Labourites have gone” in the hope the policy will be reversed.
He also revealed that he has been preparing for his death, including looking into his will, his donor card and what might happen if he is incapacitated.
Mr Clarkson said: “All I can say is that I ‘would wish not to be in a vegetative sate’ and that I would ‘prefer it if no heroic efforts’ were made to bring me round after a prolonged deprivation of oxygen.”
Farmers have continued to protest the inheritance tax changes since they were announced.