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Showbiz I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . Anne Robinson has revealed that she has “spread” her fortune around to save her family from paying inheritance tax after her death.

The former Weakest Link presenter said she has “given away” her reported £50million fortune to her daughter and grandchildren to prevent it from going to the “taxman”. Inheritance tax is levied at 40 per cent on an individual's estate exceeding £325,000 in value, although there are exemptions. The government website explains that some gifts given during a person's lifetime may still be subject to tax after their death.



Depending on when the gift was given, “taper relief” could reduce the inheritance tax on the gift to less than 40 percent. The former Countdown host told Saga magazine: “I’ve given it all away. I don't want the taxman to have it.

I've distributed it widely, to the children. They might as well enjoy it now.” Robinson welcomed her daughter Emma Wilson, 43, with ex husband Charles Wilson.

She has two grandchildren; Hudson, 14, and Parker, 13. The broadcaster admitted she has “genuinely no idea” if she is worth £50million but insisted she doesn't “want for much” and “can't think there's anything I really want except my good health and the family happiness”. The 79-year-old currently resides in a Grade II-listed, converted 18th-century barn in the Cotswolds.

Additionally, she owns two h.

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