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Phil paid a moving tribute aft Richard and Anne died erstwhile their car careered into a stream connected the workplace wherever helium grew up
- Michael Hamilton, Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:14, 27 Nov 2024
- Updated: 23:14, 27 Nov 2024
TELLY big Phil Spencer’s parents near their £18 cardinal luck to the Location, Location, Location prima and his 3 siblings, probate documents reveal.
Elderly Richard and Anne Spencer – who died unneurotic past August erstwhile their car careered into a stream connected the workplace wherever Phil grew up – divided their luck betwixt the star, his older member Robert and younger sisters Caryn and Helen.
In the couple’s wills, which were some made nationalist today, Richard – known by his mediate sanction David - near a full of £15.3million portion his woman Anne passed connected £2.9million.
David’s volition - drawn up successful 2007 - saw him springiness £10,000 to each of his 8 grandchildren and a £20,000 donation to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
The remainder of his luck was placed successful spot for the payment of his 2 sons, TV presenter Phil and older member Robert - who ran the household workplace - and the couple’s daughters.
Anne’s will, which she signed successful 2021, stated that £500 gifts should beryllium fixed to a nephew and niece surviving successful Canada and arsenic good arsenic her godson.
She besides made proviso for a donation from her property to spell towards the attraction of her section religion successful the Kent colony of Littlebourne, adjacent Canterbury. The documents bash not authorities an amount.
Anne asked that her daughters instrumentality possession of her jewellery and administer it betwixt themselves and her granddaughters and daughters-in-law.
And she near the couple’s workplace and her luck to beryllium divided betwixt the 4 children.
Anne, 82, was astatine the instrumentality of the Toyota car – with David, 89, successful the rider spot and a carer successful the backmost – erstwhile calamity struck astatine 12.20 p.m. connected August 18 past year.
They were connected their mode to a section pub for luncheon erstwhile the conveyance slipped disconnected a span into the Nail Bourne River, which runs done their property astatine Littlebourne, adjacent Canterbury, Kent.
The couple’s carer – a pistillate successful her 60s - managed to clamber retired of the car and rise the alarm – but David and Anne could not beryllium saved.
Location, Location, Location mates cull EVERY location Kirstie and Phil amusement them
Paramedics and occurrence crews raced to the scene, but Phil’s Dad died from a lung wounded and Anne died from pneumonia and near-drowning.
The mishap happened connected the span which was said to beryllium “extremely narrow” and provided entree to the workplace successful Kent wherever they worked and lived.
After the alarm was raised, Phil’s member Robert utilized a penknife to chopped David and Anne’s seatbelts.
But neither of the mates – raced by ambulance to infirmary successful Margate – could beryllium saved.
An inquest aboriginal heard that David and Anne were trapped underwater for 20 minutes.
Heartbroken TV prima Phil, 54, paid a moving tribute aft the tragedy, saying his parents “would person held hands nether the h2o and softly slipped away”.
He added: “As a household we are each trying to clasp onto the information Mum and Dad went unneurotic and that neither volition ever person to mourn the nonaccomplishment of the different one. Which is simply a blessing.
“The car, going precise slowly, toppled implicit a span connected the workplace drive, upside down into the river.
“There were nary carnal injuries and I precise overmuch uncertainty they would person adjacent fought it – they would person held hands nether the h2o and softly slipped away.
Mum and Dad are unneurotic which is precisely wherever they would person wanted to be
Phil Spencer
“All household are wide that if determination tin ever beryllium specified a happening arsenic having a ‘good end’ this was it.
“Mum and Dad are unneurotic which is precisely wherever they would person wanted to be.”
Phil – who lives successful Hampshire with woman Fiona and their children – has antecedently spoken of his puerility connected the workplace which his parents bought aft they wed.
In an interview, helium said: “Living connected a farm, with places to tally around, person adventures and larn astir quality helped america turn up with a consciousness of responsibility.
“Mum would instrumentality america retired successful the holidays to assistance with what was being harvested. We were blessed to get progressive and beryllium useful.
“I person tons of blessed memories.”