'She’s just a jumped-up dancer with no talent': Magician Paul Daniels' son claims Debbie McGee has not given him a single penny of his father's entire £1.5 million estate

  • Paul Daniels Jr, 56, said father's £1.5m estate was left to Debbie McGee
  • He claims his stepmother has not given him any financial help
  • Mr Daniels Jr says she closed down party shop he had set up with father

By Emily Chan For Mailonline

Published: 03:28 EST, 16 October 2016 | Updated: 07:19 EST, 16 October 2016

Magician Paul Daniels' son claims he has not received a single penny from his father's will following his death.

Paul Daniels Jr, 56, who is unemployed, said his father's entire £1.5 million estate had been left to the magician's wife Debbie McGee.

He claims that despite his stepmother promising to 'look after' him, he has not received any financial help from her.

Magician Paul Daniels' son, Paul Daniels Jr (pictured centre) claims he has not received a single penny from his father's will following his death

Magician Paul Daniels' son, Paul Daniels Jr (pictured centre) claims he has not received a single penny from his father's will following his death

Mr Daniels says he now wants 'nothing to do with' Ms McGee following his father's death in March, describing her as a 'witch'. 

He told The Sun: 'Debbie McGee is nothing but a false witch who will struggle to survive without my father’s name attached to her.

'Now she’s just a jumped-up dancer with no talent. She is running around like a sweet and innocent widow but she doesn’t fool me.'

Mr Daniels claims that Ms McGee closed down the party shop in Wigan that he had set up with his father in May, which had been left to the magician's former assistant. 

He says that he was almost left 'homeless' after the shop was closed down but added that a £3,500 redundancy payment was agreed Ms McGee after he contacted employment experts. 

Mr Daniels says his father's £1.5 million estate had been left to the magician's wife Debbie McGee
The couple are pictured together at their home in Wargrave, Berkshire

Mr Daniels says his father's £1.5 million estate had been left to the magician's wife Debbie McGee. The couple are pictured together at their home in Wargrave, Berkshire

Paul Daniels Snr, who died aged 77 from a brain tumour, left an estate with a gross value of more than £1.5 million.

However, the net value amounted to less than £500,000 after debts and costs, documents revealed. 

The magician was married to Ms McGee, who had also worked as his assistant, for 28 years.

Speaking after his death, Ms McGee said the main qualities which attracted her to her husband were his humour and his 'unselfish' way of celebrating other talent.

Speaking after her husband's death, Ms McGee revealed how they spent their last days together in the garden of their £2.5million home in Berkshire

Speaking after her husband's death, Ms McGee revealed how they spent their last days together in the garden of their £2.5million home in Berkshire

Paul Daniels Snr died aged 77 at his Thameside home in Wargrave (pictured) 

Paul Daniels Snr died aged 77 at his Thameside home in Wargrave (pictured) 

She revealed how they spent their last days together in the garden of their £2.5million Thameside home in Berkshire, eating magnum ice-creams in the sun and watching ITV television show 'The Chase'.

She said: 'I don't think Paul and I will meet again in heaven. I don't believe in the afterlife - I wish I did.

'I was so comforted by the fact that we always said "I love you". We enjoyed every day of life. We were a team, even through the bad times', she added.

'I will miss watching him with other people. Most people he met, he made them feel good, they took something away which was nice. It was lovely to see that.'

A representative for Ms McGee has been contacted for comment. 

The couple previously lived in a house in Denham, Buckinghamshire (pictured), before moving to the home in Wargrave 

The couple previously lived in a house in Denham, Buckinghamshire (pictured), before moving to the home in Wargrave 

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