'I don't want a penny, I wish him all the best': £148m EuroMillions winner's best friend refuses offer to make him a millionaire

The £148million lottery winner offered to make his best friend a millionaire - but was politely turned down with the line 'I don't want a penny'.

Adrian and Gillian Bayford scooped the staggering EuroMillions sum and generously wanted to share their wealth with best friend and business partner. But Richard Hudspith refused their kind offer, saying: 'It's not my money.


It’s his money and I told him so. And it’s not my place to ask.' The close friends run the small shop Suffolk Music Centre in Haverhill, which has endured tough times, the Mirror reported.

Mr Hudspith, 39, said that when his friend told him he was going to change his life, he couldn't accept the money, instead telling him to spend it how he pleases, the Mirror reported. And the couple show no signs of letting the money go to their head.

After winning the huge jackpot they could have comfortably afforded a private plane to jet away from it all. Instead, the couple caught an easyJet flight for a short break with their two young children.

 And rather than make for the sun and five-star luxury, they appear to have headed north to spend time at the windswept Scottish caravan park where Mrs Bayford’s parents live.