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Alwen Hughes’s £4 Million Estate Revealed in Probate Documents

The widow of disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris left a complex will naming their daughter, Ava Reeves, as the primary beneficiary after her death in August 2024.

Rolf Harris arrives at Southwark Crown Court with his wife Alwen Hughes in 2014.
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Overview

  • Probate filings disclose that Alwen Hughes’s estate was valued at £3,975,950 gross, with a net value of £3,840,532 after deductions.
  • Hughes’s 2018 will initially included her husband, Rolf Harris, but after his death in 2023, their daughter Ava Reeves became the main beneficiary.
  • Other relatives were also named in the will, reflecting its complex structure.
  • Hughes, a Welsh sculptress and jeweller, stood by Harris despite his 2014 conviction for indecent assault and his subsequent imprisonment.
  • Reeves, formerly known as Bindi, changed her name to distance herself from her father’s tarnished legacy.