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Originally Posted by Lolly
Would you be like Anita Roddick or Bill Gates who left/are leaving nothing to their children when they die? All going to charities. Although Anitas children didn't need it (they have their own and their fathers inheritance) and i'm sure Bill Gates won't leave the children with nothing. I'm not sure if i could.
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Interesting point. Paul and Linda McCartney sent their children to the local state school in order for them to have a normal(ish) upbringing, despite their wealth. Though Stella is reported as having said she hated it, and they were bullied, something that probably wouldn't have happend at a school were the offspring of the rich and famous are the norm.
I bet Heather Mills won't be sending her daughter to the local comprehensive, that's for sure.
I can see the logic in not leaving great wealth to your children, in the hope that they are industrious and make something of their own lives, but as you say it would be very hard to do.