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Paul Daniels ' son has hit out at his father's widow Debbie McGee, claiming she has cut him out of the late magician's £1.5million estate.
Paul Junior, 56, branded his father's wife a "witch" in a shocking attack, after they fell out over the star's will following his death in March.
According to The Sun on Sunday , Paul left his entire £1.5million estate to Debbie, and his son claims while she promised to look after him and his two brothers financially, she allegedly instead shut the shop he ran in Wigan.
Paul Jr set up the Paul Daniels Magic Party Shop in 2007, selling magic props and fancy dress, with his father - but now claims he's been left 'jobless' after he alleges Debbie closed the business down.
He told the newspaper: " Debbie McGee is nothing but a false witch who will struggle to survive without my father’s name attached to her.
“Now she’s just a jumped-up dancer with no talent.
“She is running around like a sweet and innocent widow but she doesn’t fool me."
Paul Jr claims he was told to leave the shop in March, as she was closing it down, and almost became homeless as he struggled to pay the bills afterwards.
Eventually, he alleges a £3,500 redundancy payment was agreed after he contacted employment experts.
It comes amid claims magician Paul left an estate with a gross value of more than £1.5 million - but the net value only came to less than £500,000 after debts and costs.
A spokesman for Debbie told the newspaper the claims were “inaccurate” but declined to comment further.
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she was after the money all the time
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If Paul wanted his son to have cash then he would had left him some money in his will, shirley ?
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Debbie has made the shop and the cash disappear... now that's Magic!
^ Paul Junior will like that if he's reading... but not a lot. |
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mrs merton... why did you marry the millionaire Paul Daniels?
can't they just get along... nope. |
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Sorry about speaking ill of the deceased, but Daniels was a horrible nasty piece of work. Very self centred and incredibly mean.
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Is that the same Paul Daniels Jr. that has been prosecuted for selling pornography and cultivating £89,000 of cannabis plants at his home? Sounds like a lad any father would be proud of.
His youngest son has been done for scamming thousands from his employer, so not much luck with his offspring. |
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I'm sure if there was any chance that the son got the wrong end of the stick and there was no animosity then those comments saw to that.
Probs went down like cold sick. |
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If you were not a beneficiary of a will end of story.
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I thought the business was not doing well and that is why it was closed down.
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His youngest son has been done for scamming thousands from his employer, so not much luck with his offspring.
Like dad didn't try and trick anyone? |
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Daniels was a horrible nasty piece of work. Very self centred and incredibly mean.
_______________ you missed out 'creepy' |
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£1.5M is not a lot (!) for someone who was on prime time telly for 10 or 20 years, and in the West End. It's a moderate house in a posh area, plus rampant house price inflation. More than I've got, mind.
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depends how much she got through in those years (if she did)
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those syrups can't be cheap
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Ram, I thought the same - but according to Telegraph he had a £2.5m home transferred into her name before his death.
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and owed £1m taxes
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@Jack Hacksaw -- thanks, £1.5M apart from the house and whatever else Debbie owns, and after taxes sounds more like it.
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Ordinarily money left to a spouse before children might not look so bad as the death of the second parent would normally in most instances end up between siblings.
But when you step mother ain't the same age as your father and probs has her own idea of where she's leaving the estate anyway then that to me speaks volumes as to what senior made of junior. Which may or may not have been justified, but if I were the son I'd probs dig the fecker up and leave him in her bed. *i wouldn't really....or would I?  |
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A false witch??? Did she fail her Broomstick Drivers License or did she fail to turn Paul Daniels into a newt??? (Well he got better I guess...!!!)
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He lost a right few quid backing a stage production that Debbie put on.
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He lost a right few quid backing a stage production that Debbie put on.
Now you come to mention it, there was a Louis Theroux documentary about this. Debbie McGee had been (surprisingly to me, at least) a ballerina at quite a high level, and ... tbh that's pretty much all I remember. |
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Incredible that a man in his 50's that has clearly been helped along in his 'career' still expects stuff to be provided for him rather than take responsibility for his own life.
I know a lot of children don't leave home till their late 20's these days, but I think by the time you are 50 you should have got yourself sorted. |
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Perhaps his tricks ain't that good and he's been found out as time moves on.
I dare say most of the old hat magicians lost an awful lot with the advent of the internet where people can no doubt just go see how the tricks are done, which demystifies them. He's probs too old to spend a month in a glass box suspended in the air. |
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But he might not want to spend time in a cardboard one either on the street corner.
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thought i read it was 400k net.although if the house had been transferred then its a tidy sum,given she can always downsize.
out of interest whats the death duty situation on asset transfer-is there a time threshold before death for avoidance of tax |
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Wouldn't apply to spouse would it?
In transferring the house, maybe Paul just wanted to do a belt and braces job in case his son challenged the will??? |
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Happy times?
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I'm sorry son
But we don't stock Party gimmicks In this shop |
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Has Debbie moved to Dallas?
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whats with the 2 faces?
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In fairness it is a dead duck of a trade, selling 'party' magic trick crap
people party with meow meow now ffs not silly **** card tricks dressed as merlin |