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Anglesey - An 84-year-old pensioner has left about £2 million in her will to look after birds and animals and not a penny to …

Anglesey - An 84-year-old pensioner has left about £2 million in her will to look after birds and animals and not a penny to her daughter.

Mrs Josephine Lavinia Boraston, of Tyddyn Nathaniel, Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, left the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds around £1.7 million. Villagers say she lived in a modest house with her home help.

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