Before he died five years ago, TV legend and national icon Sir Bruce Forsyth was an outspoken critic of inheritance tax laws.
The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right and Strictly Come Dancing star earned millions from a glittering showbiz career that spanned an incredible seven decades and made him a firm family favourite.
Becoming a household name, there was a national outpouring of grief when he died in 2017 at the age of 89 - losing his battle with bronchial pneumonia at his sprawling Wentworth Estate home in Virginia Water.
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The Mirror reports how following his death, it was claimed none of his kids would be set to inherit anything from his £11.7million fortune in his will.
Indeed, in 2018, it was reported all of his fortune will go to his widow Lady Wilnelia Merced, according to Mail On Sunday.
Bruce previously said kids should inherit all their parent's fortune, as he hit out at the use of inheritance tax.
He told Radio Times in 2015: "I think your inheritance should go to your children more than back to the country that you've lived in.
"I'm not saying you don't owe the country something, of course you owe your country a lot for living there all those years. But I think it can be a bit over the top."
Despite claims his kids Debbie, Julie, Laura, Charlotte, Louisa and son Jonathan Joseph were believed to be getting nothing, it was claimed he did make provisions for his nine grandchildren.
It was reported they would each inherit £100,000 which was left in a trust fund to be split nine ways after they turn 21.
A further two payments of £20,000 would go to two of his executors, it's claimed.
When Lady Wilnelia was handed his £11million will, it was reported she could then dish out up to £650,000 to Bruce's relatives without paying tax on it.
Bruce's estate was exempt from inheritance tax after he left it to former Miss World Wilnelia.
After his death, Lady Wilnelia planted Forsythia around a bench dedicated to Brucie on the East Course at Wentworth, where he was for years a member.
She said she did it to remember her “darling Bruce” adding: “We miss you always, today more than ever.”
At the time, she told how every time she sees a rainbow she thinks of him.
She said: “I remember saying to him, ‘But Bruce, how will I know what to do when you’re not here? I can’t even work the TV without you!’
“He turned to me and said, ‘Just look for the rainbow, my darling’.
“Now his children send me pictures of rainbows from wherever they are and it’s really just this wonderful feeling.”
