Kirstie Allsopp’s father has left her a staggering amount in his will, after the auctioneer died in June.
Lord Charles Hindlip passed away at his home in Dorset, aged 83, leaving behind an estate worth a whopping £6,113,334, according to The Sun.
After settling his bills, the estate stands at £6,080,843, which the auctioneer had planned to leave to his wife of 46 years, Fiona Lady Hindlip.
However, she tragically died before him in 2014, at the age of 66 following a battle against breast cancer.
This means that his fortune will now be split between their four children, Kirstie, 53, Henry, 51, Sophie, 44, and Natasha Allsopp, 38.
This means Location, Location, Location star Kirstie is set to inherit a mammoth £1.5million from her dad’s fortune.
However, The Sun reports that Charles has chosen to leave several pieces of artwork specifically to his only son Henry, including his paintings of Lady Emily Berkeley by Sir Thomas Lawrence and two pictures of the Cateret family.
Charles was a renowned auctioneer who was previously the chairman of the iconic Christie’s auction house between 1996 and 2002, presiding over the sale of many famous items.
In 1997, he acted as auctioneer for 79 of Princess Diana‘s dresses, which raised £2.8million for cancer and Aids charities, just two months before her death.
He also conducted the sale of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in 1987, which sold for £24.75million, making it the most expensive painting ever auctioned at the time.
In 1990, he also took £5.8 million for the Badminton Cabinet, setting the record for any piece of furniture or applied work of art.
Brian Sewell, one of the specialists who Charles learnt from at Christie’s once wrote in his memoir Outsider, as per The Times: ‘I took one look at him and predicted that this dyslexic, shambling, trustful and innocent golden retriever of a boy would one day be Christie’s chairman.’
Charles was also a hereditary peer and businessmen, inheriting the title of the 6th Baron Hindlip and was a member of the House of Lords from 1993 until his seat was abolished in 1999.
He tied the knot with interior designer and childhood friend of Queen Camilla, Fiona, in 1968, welcoming Kirstie three years later.
The couple spent over two decades restoring their Dorset home Lyddon House together, which boasted five bedrooms, 48 acres and a swimming pool.
Kirstie revealed her father’s passing in an emotional tribute on Instagram alongside a series of photographs of him.
She wrote: ‘This is my Dad, Charlie Hindlip. He was a great auctioneer, the best of his generation, an artist, a gardener, a father of four, and grandfather of eight, a loving husband to a wife he lost too soon.
‘He was a real star, he worked hard, played hard and went further than anyone ever expected. He died at home yesterday, surrounded by love, flowers & photographs, in a house he built, looking out over a stunning garden he created from scratch.
‘I have been so proud to be his daughter all my life, and will be until the day I die. Bless you Dad, we loved you so much.’
The week before Charles’ death, Kirstie had revealed he’d been rushed to hospital as she tweeted her fury at hospital visiting hours in a string of tweets.
The TV presenter noted that when her father was previously ill in 2022, Covid restrictions prevented her from visiting his bedside.
She wrote: ‘When my Dad was very ill in 2022, I used my energy and endless time by his bed to tweet about visiting hours; many hospitals were still operating unnecessary Covid-related restrictions.
‘Dad is back in hospital, hopefully briefly, this time I’m just going to tweet observations as the news is full of people saying how they plan to fix this or that and the NHS is a big part of that.
‘But how does it look from the perspective of an elderly man and his family and how would a family with fewer members and less resources be able to copy in a similar situation.
‘Having spent a lot of time in hospitals, here and abroad signage is a huge issue. We seem addiction to bombarding hospital visitors and patients with info, far more than anyone could absorb and much of it muddling. At 11:30pm getting out of the hospital and back to my car was quite a task.’
Two days later, Kirstie added: ‘If a doctor sees a patient at night, when family or carers are not with him, how can they know what is going on if the patient is confused or suffering with dementia?
‘Today we’re told ‘no rounds as it is a holiday’ so another day of Dad in hospital when he so longs to be at home.’
‘Further more at night Dad is much more tired and confused, so judgement of his progress is difficult, also ‘What day is it?’ is a effing stupid question, he’s been in hospital since Tuesday, how the hell would he know? My sister spent all of last Thursday thinking it was Friday.’
Just a week before her father’s death, Kirstie tweeted: ‘Thank you so, so much for all your responses, so many stories, so many of them so similar to Dad’s & ours.
‘When I started campaigning about visiting hours in 2021, I learned how hard it was for people with confused family members in hospital.
‘As our family entered that world in 2022 we learned more, and now even more. One thing you notice is that there can be one doctor or nurse who makes all the difference, negatively or positively. Luckily yesterday Dr P entered our orbit, Wow! What a difference.’
