The Avengers and James Bond ’s doomed lover in On her Majesty’s Secret Service. The actress - who also starred as ruthless matriarch, Lady Olenna Tyrell, in HBO’s Game of Thrones, died from cancer in September 2020, aged 82, leaving an estate now disclosed to have a value of £3,368,886.
In a will signed days before she died, Dame Diane left the vast bulk of her fortune, which includes property in France and America, to 43-year-old Rachael Stirling.Rachael is her daughter by her second husband, Archibald Stirling - a theatre director and former officer in the Scots Guards.
Ms Stirling - who has starred in numerous stage and screen dramas including Snow White and the Huntsman, Detectorists, Tipping the Velvet and Doctor Who - was appointed.
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