In our How I Manage My Money series, we aim to find out how people are spending, saving and investing money to meet their costs and achieve their goals.
This week, in our celebrity edition, we speak to former EastEnders actress Daniella Westbrook, 52, who reflects on earning £500 an episode as a teenage soap star, buying her first three-bedroom penthouse at 17 and why she believes her children’s education was worth every penny.
What was money like in your household when you were growing up?
My mum and dad both worked really, really hard. They both had their own business doing carpet fitting. Mum also had clothes shops and worked the markets at weekends. She worked seven days a week.
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