I’m A Celeb star left huge sum to kids despite not writing will before brain tumour death

Annabel Giles appeared on the 13th series of I'm A Celeb (Image: ITV)

I’m A Celebrity star Annabel Giles left her children more than £400,000 after she died despite not writing a will.

The ITV presenter – who sadly died from a rare brain tumour last November aged 64 – left the eye-watering sum to her children Molly and Ted.

Documents obtained by The Sun show the former model – who previously pocketed £16,000 a day working for Estee Lauder – had an estate worth £769,000. After costs were deducted following her passing, the total amount totalled to a whopping £430,320.

According to the publication, the Welsh beauty did not write a will or declare who her funds should be handed to, but the High Court granted the estate to her two kids on Monday (November 25).

The broadcaster, who was booted from school for sneaking off to concerts and smoking in the streets, started her glittering showbiz career by working as a receptionist for five years.

She sadly passed away last July from a brain tumour (Image: Instagram)

It didn’t take long before her talents were spotted by an advertising executive, and Giles quickly shot to fame as the face of fashion brands all across the globe.

The model used the success to help launch her TV career, landing roles on the ITV hit show Razzmatazz and the BBC children’s show Going Live!

She was best known for starring in the 13th series of I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here in 2013! entering the jungle as a late contender on day five.

But Annabel was evicted from the show, finishing in 12th place after failing to impress viewers at home. In 2018, she returned to TV in the ITV reality show Our Shirely Valentine Summer.

And Giles, who also co-hosted Posh Frocks and New Trousers, made cameos on Have I Got News For You, Through the Keyhole, and Noel’s House Party.

Away from the cameras, she tied the knot to Ultravox singer Midge Ure, who co-founded LiveAid with Bob Geldof after meeting him while acting as an extra in the band’s music videos.

Giles, already engaged when they met, jilted graphic designer Brian Rutherford for a day before their planned wedding. Despite his efforts to reconcile, she later secretly married Midge while on holiday in the Caribbean.

Unfortunately, their love wasn’t built to last, with the pair separating four years later after the birth of their daughter Molly. She later welcomed her son Ted in 1998, though never revealed the identity of his father.

Annabel spent the final years of her life working as a counsellor and psychotherapist after training as a mental health practitioner. The doting mum was diagnosed with stage four Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumour, last July.

The presenter underwent radiotherapy treatment to prolong her life, but sadly passed away in November at a hospice in Brighton. Her children led tributes after her death, calling her “truly one of a kind” and “an enigma to those privileged to share her life.”