Outcome:
First £250,000 plus personal belongings goes to your husband / wife. Half of the residue goes to your spouse in the form of a Trust, in which he / she has a life interest (i.e. they get the income generated), and the other half of the residue goes straight to your children. On the death of the remaining spouse, their half goes straight to your children. Where any children are deceased, their share goes to their children.
The first £450,000 plus personal belongings and half of the residue goes to your husband / wife. The rest goes to any surviving parents, otherwise to your brothers and sisters, otherwise to their children.
All your estate goes to your husband / wife.
Your children share your estate equally between them. If any children are deceased, their share goes to their children.
If both your parents are living, they share your estate between them. A sole parent takes all.
Your brothers and sisters share your estate equally between them. If any are deceased, their share goes to their children.
Your grandparents share your estate equally between them. A sole grandparent takes all.
Your aunts and uncles share your estate equally between them. If any are deceased their share goes to their children.
All your estate goes to the crown.
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