Brooke Astor's $14.5million fortune goes to her 'hated daughter-in-law Miss Piggy' while her beloved grandsons get NOTHING
- Brooke Astor's daughter-in-law Charlene Marshall was awarded the late philanthropist's $14.5million fortune on Thursday
- Anthony Marshall, Astor's only child, was left the money by his mother when she died in 2007 at the age of 105
- Astor despised Charlene, who she called 'that bitch' and who one of Astor's nurses referred to as 'Miss Piggy'
- Anthony left nothing to his sons Alec and Phillip, and said that upon Charlene's death the money should go to her children
- Alec and Phillip testified against their father in 2009 when he was accused of swindling Astor out of millions
- He was convicted but only served two months behind bars before he was paroled in 2013 for ill health; he passed away last November, aged 90
Brooke Astor's massive fortune has been awarded to one of the society doyenne's least favorite people - her daughter-in-law.
Charlene Marshall, who one of Astor's nurses famously referred to as 'Miss Piggy,' has inherited the $14.5million that was left to her husband Anthony Marshall by his mother upon her death.
Anthony left his entire estate to his wife upon his death last year - and nothing to his own sons or grandchildren.
![Money: Brooke Astor's daughter-in-law Charlene Marshall (above with late husband Anthony in 2009) was awarded the late philanthropist's $14.5million fortune on Thursday](http://web.archive.org/web/20150731023317im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/30/20/2AF8BFB500000578-3180428-image-a-68_1438286020100.jpg)
Money: Brooke Astor's daughter-in-law Charlene Marshall (above with late husband Anthony in 2009) was awarded the late philanthropist's $14.5million fortune on Thursday
![Class act: Anthony Marshall, Astor's only child, was left the money by his mother when she died in 2007 at the age of 105 (Astor above in 1986 at a party for Barbara Walters)](http://web.archive.org/web/20150731023317im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/30/20/2AF8BFD400000578-3180428-image-m-78_1438286125954.jpg)
Class act: Anthony Marshall, Astor's only child, was left the money by his mother when she died in 2007 at the age of 105 (Astor above in 1986 at a party for Barbara Walters)
The New York Post reports that a judge ruled Charlene is entitled to the entire fortune left by her late husband, and that Philip and Alec Marshall - Anthony's sons - did not appear in court to contest the will.
Charlene was Anthony's third wife, with the two marrying in 1992 after meeting in Maine. She was married to a minister at the time.
After his death in November of last year at the age of 90, his will instructed that his entire state go to 69-year-old Charlene, and after her death to her three children - his step-children.
Anthony was Astor's only son, born when she was with her second husband, Charles Marshall.
After his death is when she married millionaire businessman William Vincent Astor and became the philanthropic powerhouse and pillar of New York society many now know her to be, developing the Vincent Astor Foundation with her husband.
Her husband died just six years after their marriage and she inherited his personal fortune of $60million as well as the Astor Foundation money, worth $60million as well.
She donated to countless causes and institutions in New York City over the years, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Public Library.
Astor never remarried after her third husband's death and passed away at the age of 105 in 2007.
![Bad blood: Astor despised Charlene, who she called 'that bitch' and who one of Astor's nurses referred to as 'Miss Piggy' (Anthony, Astor and Charlene in 2002)](http://web.archive.org/web/20150731023317im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/30/20/2AF8BFCF00000578-3180428-image-m-70_1438286043105.jpg)
Bad blood: Astor despised Charlene, who she called 'that bitch' and who one of Astor's nurses referred to as 'Miss Piggy' (Anthony, Astor and Charlene in 2002)
![Really bad blood: Anthony left nothing to his sons Alec and Phillip (above in foreground at their father's trial in 2009), and said that upon Charlene's death the money should go to her children](http://web.archive.org/web/20150731023317im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/30/21/2AF8BFE600000578-3180428-image-m-79_1438286426305.jpg)
Really bad blood: Anthony left nothing to his sons Alec and Phillip (above in foreground at their father's trial in 2009), and said that upon Charlene's death the money should go to her children
A year before her death it was revealed that Phillip and his father had been feuding, with the son accusing his father of elder abuse.
Phillip filed a lawsuit asking that his father no longer be his grandmother's guardian, alleging that the millionaire was living in squalor and not receiving the proper medication or treatment she needed for her failing health.
The most shocking claim however was that Anthony had been stealing from his mother, and in one instance sold her favorite painting, Childe Hassam's 'Flags, Fifth Avenue' - said to be worth $30 to $40million.
It was sold however for just $10million, despite the fact that Astor had promised it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anthony received a commission of $2million for the sale.
Astor would later say that she was told by her son that the painting had to be sold as she needed the money.
Phillip also managed to get support from some high-powered individuals when he filed suit in 2006, with Annette de la Renta, Henry Kissinger and David Rockefeller writing affidavits supporting his claims as well as his decision to make de la Renta Astor's legal guardian.
A judge eventually put de la Renta in charge of Astor's expenses, and soon after it was revealed that Anthony had tampered with his mother's estate.
![Digs: Astor spent much of her life at her 14-room apartment at 778 Park Avenue which sold for $21 million in 2011](http://web.archive.org/web/20150731023317im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/30/22/2AFA55AE00000578-3180428-image-a-8_1438292836125.jpg)
Digs: Astor spent much of her life at her 14-room apartment at 778 Park Avenue which sold for $21 million in 2011
![Awful: Anthony sold Astor's favorite painting, Childe Hassam's 'Flags, Fifth Avenue' - said to be worth $30 to $40million - for $10million in 2002, and took a $2million commission](http://web.archive.org/web/20150731023317im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/30/22/2AFA597900000578-3180428-image-a-9_1438292880010.jpg)
Awful: Anthony sold Astor's favorite painting, Childe Hassam's 'Flags, Fifth Avenue' - said to be worth $30 to $40million - for $10million in 2002, and took a $2million commission
Anthony was convicted in October 2009 of exploiting his mother's dementia to loot her $200 million fortune in the final years of her life.
Prosecutors said that after her Alzheimer's diagnosis, he bought himself lavish gifts - including a $920,000 yacht - with her money.
He was sentenced to one to three years in prison - but years of appeals and legal wrangling off his sentence for years and he eventually started serving time in June 2013.
He was granted medical parole just two months later due to ill health.
He died a little over a year later - at which point Charlene refused to contact his sons about his death and took out a paid death notice that made no mention of his mother.
As for Astor, the Marshalls took charged of her funeral when she died in 2007, though many of the philanthropist's close friends refused to attend and others sat in the back of the church out of protest to Anthony and his wife - who Astor referred to as 'that bitch.'
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