NATURALIST

Sir David Attenborough, who continues to publish books and make TV programmes, amassed £1million in the year to last September, I can reveal.

Newly filed accounts for his business, David Attenborough (Productions) Ltd, disclose that it’s sitting on a cash pile of £2.8million, up from £1.9million the previous year.

Sir David, who turns 96 next month, has bills to pay — including to the taxman — of £1.3million, giving him a profit of £1.8million for last year.

The shareholders are Sir David, his son Robert and daughter Susan. His wife, Jane, died in 1997.