Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleFawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales left a net estate worth £3,166,554 following her death aged 93 in October 2025, according to official probate filings. Her sons Samuel and Joseph will each inherit 40 per cent of her estate, with her stepdaughter Juliet receiving 20 per cent. Scales also bequeathed funds to her goddaughters and several charities, including £10,000 to The Snipe Charitable Trust. The actor was best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers and starring alongside her late husband Timothy West in Great Canal Journeys. Official records show that probate was formally granted on 11 August 2026. In fullFawlty Towers’ Prunella Scales left more than £3m in her will, probate records showMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Scales, who had vascular dementia, died peacefully aged 93 last October at her home near Wandsworth Common in south west London.

Prunella Scales' huge estate has been revealed with the Fawlty Towers' children set to receive a large portion and charities to also receive a significant sum