Roy Hattersley leaves £25,000 to Dogs Trust after Buster’s goose attack
Roy Hattersley, Labour’s former deputy leader, left £25,000 to the Dogs Trust in his will, recalling his dog Buster’s notorious 1996 attack on a Queen’s goose. Hattersley pleaded guilty to letting Buster off the lead in a Royal Park and was fined £75; the episode later inspired a book written in the dog’s voice.
Hattersley, who died aged 93 in June, left an estate of £586,018 after debts and expenses. His will also allocated £25,000 to charities that feed the hungry and £105,000 to four friends, with the remaining £431,018 going to his widow, Maggie, who also inherits his literary estate. He served as an MP from 1964 to 1997, held ministerial roles and was Labour deputy leader under Neil Kinnock.
- Hattersley left £25,000 to the Dogs Trust.
- His dog Buster was fined £75 after killing a goose.
- His widow inherits the remaining £431,018 and his literary estate.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Labour grandee Roy Hattersley, once fined after pet Buster famously killed one of the Queen’s geese, leaves £25,000 to dog charity in his will”.