Legendary solar astrologer Mystic Meg has left £1.3million to horses and family in her will
LEGENDARY Solar astrologer Mystic Meg left a £1.3million fortune in her will. The money went to care for horses and was shared between family and friends.
The country's favorite horoscope expert died last March at the age of 80 after being hospitalized with the flu.
Meg – real name Margaret Lake – lived in a three-bedroom flat in Notting Hill, west London, kept cats and famously had a love of horses.
She left £100,000 in her will for the care of the horses she owned at the time of her death.
Meg was known to study the Racing Post every morning, and at one time owned several racehorses with celestial names, including Astradonna, Astroangel and Astronova.
After the bill because the care for her horses has been arranged and the rest of her fortune is divided 50/50.
Half is paid to her live-in half-sister Dorothy Scotland.
Meg stated in her will – made in 2020 – that the other part of her fortune should be passed on to her friend Janine Palmer from South East London.
Mystic Meg, that one army of The Sun's loyal readers was also famous for its TV spot for the National Lottery draw, which attracted 20 million viewers when it launched in 1994.
She was born in Accrington, Lances in July 1942, and always said she inherited her psychic powers from a great-grandmother.
One of her most famous predictions came after Princess Diana gave birth to Prince William in 1982. She said: “Princess Diana was due to have a second child, a boy, in 1984 and that would cause problems.”
She also helped readers win fortunes, including Tom Naylor who made £15 million on the lottery after following a tip from Meg.
Meg started working as a sub-editor at a women's magazine before moving to the News of the World as a sub and subsequently became the paper's resident astrologer.
From there Meg moved to The Sun, and readers followed her daily horoscopes for 23 years until her death.
Her column is still running, having been taken over by Meg's friend and protégé, Maggie Innes.
Meg, a clean-living vegan, never married but fell in love with millionaire Nigel Moores, brother of the late football director David Moores. Tragically, Nigel died in a car accident in the southern United States in 1977 France.
Her long-term agent Dave Shapland said after her death: “There was never another man in her life.
“She gave the impression of being a hermit, living by herself with her crystal ball and seven cats for company. That was the reality. She was a very private person.”
After Meg died, Sun editor Victoria Newton said: “We have lost an icon. We loved her and so did our readers.
“She was a true professional whose guidance helped people every day.”