But Mr Burnie denies he wanted to end the relationship and maintains there was nothing sinister about the house purchase, saying: ‘I never intended to live in it. I bought it for the charity.’ He still sees his grown-up children regularly, but they will not get a penny from him.

‘I had enough money to set them up for life, but I think that would be wrong,’ he said. ‘Your children have to make their own way.

Mr Burnie features in Channel 4’s documentary Jon Richardson Grows Up, tonight at 10.35pm. There is no mention of the couple’s split, though it does show him living alone in his flat.

Asked if he kept anything for himself he replies: ‘Nothing. I live off my pension – even that goes to the charity when I die.’

拥有千万财产的布莱恩·伯尼（Brian Burnie）并不是世界首位弃商从善的富人，但伯尼对慈善事业的巨大热情绝对是凤毛麟角。

现年70岁的伯尼曾拥有价值高达1600万英镑的豪宅，然而伯尼目前却居住在小公寓里，开着破旧的福特Fiesta，依靠其退休金度日。

在伯尼的妻子被诊断出乳腺癌后，这位前招聘公司的总裁就誓言将投入毕生精力到帮助罹患乳腺癌妇女的事业中。

但20日，人们却发现这对夫妇早就离了婚。离婚的理由是伯尼的妻子雪莉（Shirley）受够了近30年来伯尼对其慈善事业超乎寻常的热枕。

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