Black’s gold: Blind Date host Cilla leaves £15m to her three sons

Surprise surprise ... Cilla Black left her three beloved sons £15.2million in her will

EXCLUSIVE: Surprise Surprise star, who was a millionaire by the age of 25, also left part of her fortune to loyal housekeeper.

CILLA Black left her three beloved sons £15.2million in her will, court papers reveal.

The Surprise Surprise star, who died last year, had ordered the bulk of her fortune to go to Robert, 45, Ben, 41, and Jack, 35. It means they each receive over £3million after paying a total of £5.95million inheritance tax.

Black's boys ... Cilla's fortune will go to Robert, 45, Ben, 41, and Jack, 35

And the boys are set to get even more because her £2million Spanish mansion and £1.5million Barbados penthouse are not included in her UK estate. The only other person Cilla, 72, left money to was Penny Walker the singer and Blind Date host’s housekeeper for over 30 years.


She receives £20,000 following the Liverpudlian’s death in Spain from a stroke. Cilla’s husband and manager Bobby, 57 the boys’ dad  died from cancer in 1999. The singer was a docker’s daughter who shot to fame in 1964 with Anyone Who Had A Heart.

She was a millionaire by 25 and then bought many properties including a £2.3million London pad.
A source said: “She adored her sons and treated Penny as part of the family.”