UK: Euromillions jackpot winners leave home to escape begging letters
18th July 2011
They decided to publicly reveal their identity so they would not be forced to lie to friends and family.
Major mistake.
But as soon as they revealed their identities, the demands for money flooded in.
Saw that coming.
“It’s hard to imagine they’ll be able to stay here now everyone knows they’ve got £161m in the bank. They will be pestered to death,” neighbour David Simpson told the Mail on Sunday.
“No one would have known if they’d kept it quiet. Why let the cat out of the bag?”
Why indeed?