Later Life
Not long after the end of the trial, Thorpe was found to have Parkinson's Disease and retired from public life. For the past twenty years, his disease has been at an advanced stage. However in 1997, he visited the Liberal Democrat party conference and was given a standing ovation by party members, and he attended the funeral of Roy Jenkins in 2003. In 1999, Thorpe published his memoirs entitled In My Own Time, in which he described key episodes in his political life. He did not, however, shed any further light on the Norman Scott affair. Thorpe has never made any public statements regarding his sexual orientation.
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