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I’m A Celebrity star leaves behind huge sum after death aged 64-Asyia Iftikhar-Entertainment – Metro
She died in November last year.
The late I’m A Celebrity star Annabel Giles has passed her estate behind to her children (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Annabel Giles, best known for her stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, has reportedly left a hefty amount of money to her children.
The late Welsh model and TV presenter was diagnosed with stage four Glioblastoma – a ‘highly aggressive’ brain tumour – in July 2023.
She died in November that year with tributes flooding in from friends, family and fellow broadcasters.
Her children, Molly and Tedd, released a statement after her death calling her an ‘incredible mother’ who displayed ‘remarkable resilience and strength’ in her final months.
It continued: ‘[She was] truly one of a kind, an enigma to those privileged to share her life.
‘True to her nature, she kept spirits high and maintained her quick wit until the very end. Her humour and laughter will leave us inspired to live life to the fullest, just as she always did.’
Now, according to documents obtained by The Sun, the media personality has left behind a huge sum for her children despite having no will in place nor having declared how her wealth should be divided.
Nevertheless, the High Court reportedly granted her estate – worth £769,000 – to her two children on Monday which came to a total of £430,320 when costs were deducted.
Giles was married to Ultravox lead singer and Band Aid co-founder Midge Ure between 1985 to 1989 and they shared daughter Molly McQueen, best known as singer in the pop group The Faders.
In 2013, Giles was the first to be voted out of I’m A Celebrity, the same season as Joey Essex and Rebecca Adlington. But she maintained her fruitful TV career.
After starting out in the 90s on shows like Razzmatazz and Night Network, she climbed her way up to ITV’s Posh Frocks and New Trousers which she co-hosted with Sarah Greene.
In 2018, she also starred in ITV’s reality series, Our Shirley Valentine Summer.
After working as a model, Annabel built her TV career in the 90s (Picture: Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock)
And appeared on I’m A Celebrity in 2013 (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
And presented and guest-appeared on various shows (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Upon her death, Channel 4 anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy (who also shared the screen with her), described her as ‘so funny, clever and gorgeous’.
Adding: ‘Annabel Giles was one of my first tv partners in crime and I remember just being in awe of her.’
Stars such as Sue Perkins, Jenny Eclair and David Baddiel also offered kinds words about her.
Away from the TV, Giles also worked as a counsellor/ psychotherapist/ coach specialising in recovery from narcissistic abuse.
She was also the author of three novels including 2001’s Birthday Girls, which proved to bolster her income after she faced financial struggles as a single mother to two children in the late 90s and early 00s.
She once told the Telegraph: ‘I became so screwed up that I began to resent the children for being alive, because it meant I couldn’t commit suicide. I had to get a job to support everyone, but there was no television work about.
‘I just couldn’t see a way out. All my money and all my savings were being spent on keeping the family going. I had proper depression.’
In an article for the Mail in 2010, she admitted that ‘her financial life has always been a bit up and down’.
She also reminisced on the time she had owned ‘owned 17 cars, including three Porsches and an Aston Martin as well as a Morris Minor’.
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