The Who Wants to Be a Millionaire top prize has been devalued by inflation and is worth half what it was when the show launched.
Over the weekend it was revealed teacher Donald Fear, 57, had become the sixth winner since WWTBAM launched in 1998. At the time the unprecedented £1 million top prize gave the show huge prestige.
But inflation of 2.8 per cent means Donald's six-figure payout is worth the equivalent of just £564,000 in 1998. Business expert Guy Shone, from Explain the Market, said: "When the show launched winning the top prize would have changed your life completely. "People still think to themselves 'I will win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and retire.' "But in actual fact unless you are near retirement age £1 million doesn't go
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