One of the King and Queen’s closest friends died after becoming trapped between his bed and a wall when drunk, an inquest has heard.
His daughter told the coroner: “He would drink a litre of gin and a couple of bottles of wine in a day.”
His close friend Andrew Parker Bowles said he was "wild as a hawk in his youth and always great fun!"
Salisbury Coroner’s Court heard Mr Farquhar’s blood alcohol level was 4.5 times over the drink-drive limit when he died.
Known to his friends as “the captain”, he was close to both the King and Queen as well as the Princess Royal.
He was a regular visitor to the King’s Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire, where he previously rented a farmhouse.
Ian Farquhar, 78, an Old Etonian and prominent huntsman, was found with his legs up in the air above his bedside table.
The retired Army captain, a former equerry to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, had developed a drinking problem in his later years, his daughter Victoria revealed.
On March 6, care worker Beth Gillingham arrived at his home near Chippenham, Wiltshire, for her daily visit and went upstairs when he did not respond to her calls.
She did not see the former huntsman until she peered down the side of the bed and saw him trapped against the wall.
The carer checked for a pulse but when she could not find one she called the police. Officers attended the scene and pronounced Mr Farquhar dead just after 1pm.
An empty bottle of Gordon’s gin, two empty wine bottles and a half-empty bottle of whisky were found at the property.