Packer family friend Peter Reid, 100, started an affair with his 55-year-old niece after 'making advances' towards her at his WIFE'S funeral...and now she's fighting for a slice of his $52million fortune

The director of one of the Packer family's former companies was having a relationship with his 55-year-old niece until his death after 'making advances' towards her at his wife's funeral.

Peter Reid, who was the head of TV subscription investment company Consolidated Press Holdings, died in September last year aged 100, leaving behind an estate of $52million.

His niece Peta Roberts is claiming a stake to the fortune, revealing that the pair had been in an intimate relationship for 'many years' during which he would pay her up to $3,000 to visit him in Sydney from her Tasmania home. 

It began, court documents reveal, at Mr Reid's widow's funeral in 1998 when he made 'advances' towards her. Mr Reid's late wife Victoria was Ms Roberts' father's sister.

Peta Roberts (above) was in an 'intimate relationship' with her late aunt's husband, Peter Reid, until his death last year 

The woman, who has four children from a previous marriage, claims she rebuffed his first efforts at romance but began visiting him at his request a month later. 

Mr Reid paid for her to travel to Sydney to see him, showering her with cash and gifts each time.

'Very soon she began to visit Sydney every two to three weeks at the expense of Mr Reid. He would give her $1,000 at each visit. 

'She soon began to stay at Mr Reid's apartment and began to occupy her aunt's old room...they began an intimate relationship which continued for many years,' a NSW Supreme Court document revealed.

As a result of their relationship Ms Roberts built a 'substantial wardrobe' at his Point Piper home.

From 2007 she arranged his round-the-clock nursing team and was 'committed' to ensuring he was 'happy and comfortable,' she said.

Despite their lengthy relationship, Ms Roberts is not one of the executors named in Mr Reid's will which was called in to question shortly after his death by another woman eager to protect her share of his wealth. 

The woman, who was 55 when he died last year, was given up to $3,000 for visiting him in Sydney from her Tasmanian home 

Ms Roberts, who has four children from a previous relationship, claims her uncle gave her $40,000 a month to pay for the cost of her farm 

According to court documents, the millionaire wrote several other testaments after 2000 which could seek to undermine the original will.

Last year she told the court how she had been relying on her wealthy lover and uncle for between $30,000 and $40,000 every month to run her expansive farm in Tasmania. 

At the time she described herself as 'unmarried and unemployed' and claimed she had 'no savings or ability to obtain credit'. She also suffers Parkinson's Disease which has left her 'significantly impaired'.

She applied for a family provision to help pay lawyers costs relating to another legal matter last year, on the grounds that she had been financially dependent on her uncle until his death. 

'Ms Roberts became completely financially dependent upon Mr Reid’s extraordinary largesse,' said Juatice Francois Kunc in his decision of her application. 

'For much of the period of their relationship Mr Reid paid for everything she required. She organised Mr Reid’s birthday celebrations, including his 90th and 100th birthdays.

'She is undoubtedly a beneficiary of the Estate... and is in in considerable, urgent financial need.'

The matter of whether Mr Reid's 2000 will be contested or upheld will return to court next week.  

Mr Reid was the director of Consolidated Press Holdings which was originally controlled by the Packer family. Above, media mogul James Packer last year 

Ms Roberts argued in NSW Supreme Court (above) that she struggled for money after her lover's death