On January 9th, People had an article about Christopher Robin Milne (1920-1996) who was the son of English author A. A. Milne:
Christopher Robin led an interesting life, which included marrying his first cousin, Lesley de Selincourt. The couple, who did not grow up knowing one another because of estrangements in their families, faced criticism from both sets of parents for the union.
"They left London to get away from being part of the whole, as they thought, Winnie the Pooh circus went down to live in the West country, where they did very happily," Brandreth shared.
"They had a daughter who suffered from cerebral palsy, and they never took any of the money —because of Disney, we're talking about hundreds of millions — [but] in the end, they took a small amount of it. Not a penny of it went to Christopher Robin himself or to his wife. He took a small amount of it to look after their daughter who had cerebral palsy, and when she died, the money was left in a trust and is a charity called the Claire Milne trust, which is giving away millions to children and young people with disabilities in the UK," he shared.
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