Phil tragically lost both of his parents last year (Image: Instagram)
star of Location, Location, Location, has reportedly inherited £18million from his parents.
Anne Spencer, 82, and her husband Richard, 89, tragically passed away in August 2023 when their car plunged into a river in Kent while they were en route to a pub lunch.
Probate documents also named Phil’s siblings, meaning the late parents’ wealth will be divided among Phil, his older brother Robert, and younger sisters Caryn and Helen. The wills of Anne and Richard were made public this week, with Richard leaving £15.3million and Anne £2.9million.
Richard, better known by his middle name David, drafted his will in 2007. Each of his eight grandchildren have been bequeathed £10,000, and a donation of £20,000 has been made to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
The Sun reports that David’s remaining wealth was placed in a trust for the benefit of his two sons. Anne, who signed her will in 2021, stipulated that a niece and nephew residing in Canada should receive gifts of £500 each, as should her godson, reports .
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Phil’s parents died in a car accident last year in Kent (Image: Instagram)
Anne also detailed plans for a donation from her estate to go to her local church and specified that her jewellery should be given to her daughters, to be shared with her granddaughters and daughters-in-law.
Last year, Phil, 54, issued a statement following the tragic news of his parents’ passing, expressing that his family found solace in the fact that his parents “holding onto the fact mum and dad went together” and that “neither will ever have to mourn the loss of the other one”. The presenter has since opened up about the heart-wrenching incident and expressed gratitude for the outpouring of support.
“I feel a lot of gratitude to people for the thousands of kind, supportive messages I got. The whole thing was overwhelming, but that blew me away. People were very loving and thoughtful,” he poignantly remarked.
Reflecting on the statement he released in August 2023, Phil explained that he chose to share it on social media to “avoid the trauma of explaining it all”.
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Phil Spencer and his siblings are set to inherit £18 million (Image: Channel 4)
At the time, Phil penned: “As a family we are all trying to hold onto the fact Mum and Dad went together and that neither will ever have to mourn the loss of the other one. Which is a blessing in itself. Although they were both on extremely good form in the days before (hence the sudden idea to go out to lunch) Mums Parkinson’s and Dads Dementia had been worsening and the long term future was set to be a challenge.”
“So much so that mum said to me only a week ago that she had resigned to thinking ‘now it looks like we will probably go together’. And so they did.
“That was what God had planned for them – and it was a good plan. The car, going very slowly, toppled over a bridge on the farm drive, upside down into the river.
“There were no physical injuries and I very much doubt they would have even fought it – they would have held hands under the water and quietly slipped away.
“Their carer was in the car and managed to escape through a back window, raising the alarm promptly.
“As many farmers do – my brother had a penknife and so was able to cut the seat belts – he pulled them out of the river but they never regained consciousness. Although desperately sad and shocked beyond all belief – all family are clear that if there can ever be such a thing as having a ‘good end’ – this was it.”
Phil further shared: “It feels horrendous right now, but after almost 60 years of marriage – to die together on the farm they so loved will, I know, be a comfort in the future. Mum and dad are together which is precisely where they would have wanted to be.
Daily Express has attempted to contact Phil’s representatives for a comment.