MI5‘s first female director general left more than £2million to her husband and daughters in her will.
Dame Stella Rimington, who headed the security service from 1992 to 1996, was widely credited as being the model for Dame Judi Dench‘s M in the James Bond films.
The former secret service chief, born Stella Whitehouse in London in 1935, died last August aged 90.
Newly released documents showed her estate was worth £2,081,105 when she died, with a net value of £2,064,821 after deductions.
Dame Stella left the bulk of the sum to husband John, daughters Harriet and Sophia in a trust.
She also left the proceeds of her literary
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