Overview
- Probate filings released in August 2026 list a gross estate of £16,003,613 and a net estate of £15,977,325 after about £25,000–£26,000 in debts and expenses were deducted.
- The bulk of the net estate is divided equally between Christopher “Chris Larkin” Stephens and Toby Stephens, the two actor sons Smith shared with her first husband Robert Stephens.
- Douglas Lake Farm, Smith’s five‑bedroom West Sussex home where she lived for more than 40 years, was placed into a family trust set up with her sons in 2019 and treated separately in the will.
- The will specifies that copyrights, royalties and unpublished works Smith inherited from her second husband Beverley Cross are to be split equally between his children, Philippa Maughan and Shaun Cross, and Smith’s sons.
- Coverage places the probate details in the context of Smith’s long, award‑winning career and notes that the public disclosures came nearly two years after her September 2024 death, with no reports of legal disputes arising from the filings.