A pensioner who thought she had secured a life-changing sum of £34 million was left distraught after her dreams were shot down almost instantly.
On thinking she had just become a EuroMillions winner at the grand age of 72, Margaret De Micheli, waltzed down to her local post office, where the person behind the desk confirmed that she had indeed won the money.
Margaret purchased what she thought was the winning ticket from the draw on March 29, but a belated check of her winning cut short her celebrations.
