Robin Gibb's love child 'left out of his will'

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has left his £26million fortune to his widow and three children, but nothing to his love child who has been cut out of the inheritance, it has been reported.

When Gibb died in May last year after a long battle with colon and liver cancer he left behind his second wife Dwina, 60, their son Robin-John, 28, his two children from his first marriage, Spencer, 41, and Melissa, 39 and his four-year-old daughter, Snow Robin.

He fathered his youngest child with his live-in housekeeper Claire Yang, then 34, in 2009.

But newly released details of his will, seen by the Daily Mail, show she is not accounted for in the document.

It has been previously reported that Gibb had given her £5million before his death aged 62.

The latest revelations follow claims of a feud between Mrs Gibb and Miss Yang, and it was rumoured that despite the fact that the couple had an open relationship his wife of 35 years had prevented his lover and daughter attending his funeral.

Does not include his properties in America or assets already shared jointly with his wife.

The money has been placed in a trust fund, all profits of which will go to his Mrs Gibb until her death. She has also been granted all of his “personal chattels” and the music rights to his share of the royalties from the Bee Gees’ back catalogue.

Spencer and Melissa will each be given £500,000 immediately, the Mail claimed, with the remainder of the estate to be split between them and Robin-John upon Mrs Gibb’s death.

Miss Yang has been granted the £850,000 house in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, which was bought for her by her lover.

The 15-page will is believed to have been drawn up in August 2011, nine months before Gibb’s death.

In the final paragraph, Gibb stated that he was “in the process of making reasonable financial provision for Snow”, asking for his trustees to provide for her if he did not.

The amount bequeathed in his will was significantly lower than his estimated £93million fortune.

Miss Yang has not commented on reports her daughter was given a lump sum, and it is not clear whether she will contest the document on behalf of her daughter.