Editing Prunella Scales (section)

==Personal life==
In 1992, Scales appeared on BBC Radio 4's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', a programme where guests are asked to decide which one book, luxury item, and eight audio recordings they would want with them should they be stranded on a deserted island. Her chosen books were the ''[[Complete Works of Shakespeare]]'' in [[German language|German]], the [[Bible]] in [[Russian language|Russian]] and a Russian dictionary; her luxury item was "a huge [[tapestry]] kit".<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Prunella Scales|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0093xyx|access-date=12 August 2022|website=BBC}}</ref>

Her biography, ''Prunella'', written by Teresa Ransom, was published by UK publishing imprint [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ransom|first=Teresa|title=Prunella: The Authorised Biography of Prunella Scales|publisher=John Murray|year=2005|isbn=9780719556975|location=London, UK}}</ref>

In 2005, Scales named the [[P&O Cruises|P&O]] cruise ship ''[[MV Artania#Artemis|Artemis]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Artemis|url=http://www.pocruises.com/pocruising/learnmore-artemis-ship-statistics.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505125104/http://www.pocruises.com/pocruising/learnmore-artemis-ship-statistics.aspx|archive-date=5 May 2008|work=P&O Cruises}}</ref>

A rose-breeder created a rose, ''Prunella'', in her honour.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 July 2011 |title=Celebrity Gardeners: Prunella Scales' garden |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/8663417/Celebrity-Gardeners-Prunella-Scales-garden.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

Scales is a patron of the [[Lace Market Theatre]] in [[Nottingham]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2022|title=Patrons|url=https://lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/LaceMarketTheatre.dll/UserDefined?PageName=0&SubPageName=4|access-date=12 August 2022|work=The Lace Market Theatre}}</ref>

===Family===
Scales was married to the actor [[Timothy West]] from 1963 until his death in 2024. They had two sons; the elder is actor and director [[Samuel West]]. Their younger son Joseph (Joe) participated in two episodes of ''Great Canal Journeys'', filmed in France. Scales also has a step-daughter, by West's first marriage.

===Charity work===
From 1997 until 2002, Scales was president of [[CPRE]], at that time known as the Council for the Protection of Rural England.<ref name="Ransom 2005 250">{{cite book|last=Ransom|first=Teresa|title=Prunella:The Authorised Biography of Prunella Scales|publisher=John Murray|year=2005|isbn=9780719556975|location=London, UK|page=250}}</ref>

===Illness===
Scales's husband first noticed that she was having minor difficulties when she was performing in a play in 2001. She was eventually diagnosed with [[vascular dementia]] in 2014. The diagnosis did not prevent her from taking part in ''Great Canal Journeys'', in which she and her husband spoke openly about her illness.<ref name=BBCDiamond>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67415387|title=Prunella Scales and Timothy West: Dementia won't break our 60-year love story|date=15 November 2023|work=BBC News}}</ref> Her declining health led the couple to leave the series in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/21/great-canal-journeys-timothy-west-prunella-scales-narrowboat|title=Great Canal Journeys: how a bittersweet boating show captured viewers' hearts|date=21 October 2019|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Interviewed for the BBC in 2023, soon after celebrating their diamond [[wedding anniversary]], West said, with reference to Scales's dementia: "Somehow we have coped with it and Pru doesn't really think about it."<ref name=BBCDiamond/>