Phil Spencer has been left a huge fortune after his parents died in a river crash when their car toppled over a bridge, probate documents have revealed.
The TV star, 54, and his three siblings have reportedly been left a staggering £18million fortune.
Richard and Anne Spencer split their assets between the Location, Location, Location star, his older brother Robert and younger sisters Caryn and Helen, The Sun first revealed.
The couple were submerged in around three feet of water when their car plummeted over a bridge last year and were pronounced dead at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate.
Anne was driving the car, which she had owned since 2022, down a narrow, single-track road from the family home towards a bridge on their land, which passed over the Nail Bourne River at around 12.20pm on August 18.
The private road offered vehicular access for those living on the farm and was not used by the public.
In the couple’s wills, Richard – known by his middle name David – left £15.3million while Anne passed on £2.9million.
David’s will, which was drawn up in 2007, offered £10,000 to each of his eight grandchildren, as well as a £20,000 donation to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Meanwhile, the remainder of his fortune was put in trust for his sons, who ran the family farm, and the elderly pair’s two daughters.
TV star Phil paid a moving tribute to his parents after the tragedy, saying they ‘would have held hands under the water and quietly slipped away’.
He added: ‘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.
‘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.
‘All family are clear that if there can ever be such a thing as having a ‘good end’ this was it.
‘Mum and Dad are together which is precisely where they would have wanted to be.’
The road where the accident happened is also a bridle path and a popular spot for locals to walk their dogs.
