THE widow of disgraced TV star paedo Rolf Harris left nearly £4 million in her will, documents show.
Alwen Hughes died aged 92 last August – one year after the jailed entertainer’s death.
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The Welsh sculptress and jeweller married Harris in 1958 and stayed with him after he was convicted of indecent assault on young girls.
Harris died aged 93 in May 2023 from neck cancer.
It comes after who inherited Harris’ £16 million fortune was revealed.
Hughes, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, died from a stroke after suffering from vascular dementia.
Now documents show her estate was worth £3,975,950, reduced to a net value of £3,840,532 after deductions.
It was left to the administation of Ian John Sydenham of Manchester-based law firm DWF.
Her complex will dated July 2018 – before Harris’ death – shows she had included him in it.
It also revealed that after his death their daughter Ava Reeves became the main beneficiary.
More distant relations were also included, as reported by NeedToKnow.
Best known for hits Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport and Jake The Peg, as well as a string of children’s TV shows, Harris also painted the 80th birthday portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Hughes stuck by her disgraced husband through the court proceedings and his subsequent jail term.
Speaking shortly after Harris’ conviction in 2014, singer Vince Hill said: “Alwen is very poorly. We’re all very worried about her.
“I don’t know if she will survive his prison term. She’s quite fragile. She suffers from arthritis and she’s had hip replacements and God knows what.”
Hughes attended every day of Harris’ initial trial alongside their daughter Bindi.
The paedophile served nearly three years in prison before being released on licence in 2017, and lived a reclusive life afterwards.
In 2023, it was reported Bindi had changed her name to Ava Reeves had changed her name in a bid to cut ties with the disgraced entertainer’s legacy.
The now 61-year-old is the couple’s only child.
A source close to the family said she had changed her name to be taken serious in the art world.
WHO WAS ROLF HARRIS?
ROLF HARRIS died in May 2023, almost a decade after he was jailed for a a string of sex attacks on children.
Prior to his crimes becoming public knowledge, the disgraced star was known for being a TV presenter, musician and artist.
Harris was born on March 30, 1930, in Perth, Australia.
His parents, Agnes and Cromwell, had emigrated there from their previous home in Cardiff, Wales.
Harris showed an interest in art from a young age and was just 16 when a self-portrait he painted was exhibited in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
He was also a keen swimmer as a youngster.
In 1953 Harris, then aged 22, left Australia to move to England and a year later he landed a role presenting a children’s art show on the BBC.
Harris married Alwen Hughes, a Welsh sculptress and jeweller, while they were both art students in March 1958.
He then returned to Australia to take on more TV work and start his music career.
It was during this stint Down Under that he first began using his famous catchphrase – “Can you tell what it is yet?” – while on a promotional tour of Australia for Dulux.
Harris returned to the UK in 1962 and re-recorded his hit Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport.
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport was a Top 10 hit in Australia, the UK, and the United States, and Harris even performed it with The Beatles.
He went on to land a UK No1 with Two Little Boys in 1969 and a No7 hit with Stairway to Heaven in 1993.
As well as becoming famous for his music, Harris became a popular television personality in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s thanks to his roles on The Rolf Harris Show, Rolf’s Cartoon Club and Animal Hospital.
In 2005 Harris, who lived in Bray in Berkshire for more than six decades before his death, painted an official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Harris had one child, a daughter called Bindi, with his wife.
In 2023 it was reported that she had changed her name to Ava Reeves in an attempt to distance herself from her dead father.
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