` ` Please know that we will be eternally grateful , '' his mother says . Peter Theo Curtis is a freelance journalist and author . He had been held for nearly two years by Islamist forces . ` He sounded so happy and excited to be free , '' she said . British forces in the Egyptian capital facilitated his release .
` ` Please know that we will be eternally grateful , '' his mother says . Peter Theo Curtis is a freelance journalist and author . He had been held for nearly two years by Islamist forces . British forces in the Egyptian capital facilitated his release .