Model Mother: Annabel has gone from owning 17 cars including three Porsches to shopping in Primark. I was anxious, depressed and worn out from trying to do the job of two people in half the time. Yet, in a way, it has also been the making of me. Plus, I had a spirited teenage girl to keep an eye on. So I wrote novels from my shed in the bottom of the garden. Luckily, they did well. I tried to keep both careers going, but eventually had to give up broadcasting.
I was advised — wrongly — to turn down any TV work I was offered in order to be taken seriously as an author. We moved to Brighton, where I renovated a huge, crumbling house on the seafront and sold it at a good profit at the tail end of the property boom in Ted is obviously very upset about this and gets distressed whenever we try to talk about his father. I had given up trying to get any money out of him through the courts and the CSA. Now that he is out of UK jurisdiction, I am completely powerless.
Of course I paid the school fees for as long as I could while desperately trying to get my old career back. I had no time to write another novel and, last December, I finally ran out of money.
But none of that earned me any money, and I had a child to feed and clothe. So there was nothing else for it: I had to make that call to the Benefit Office. The school has awarded us a huge bursary, for example. The best news of all is that the school and I have worked well together, and Ted has become a fantastic young man and is back on track.
And this is despite a level of resourcefulness I never knew I had. We walk almost everywhere, avoiding using the car. I keep a record of everything I spend and check my bank account every night. I wear all the clothes I never used to wear. I never turn the heating on during the day, but make do with layers of jumpers, blankets, gloves and a hot-water bottle if necessary.
Where I can sell things, I do. I have completely given up alcohol and takeaways are out of the question. Or maybe I should try something completely different.
Perhaps we single parents should rise up and demand a change in the law. If or when my circumstances change again, I hope I never forget to be as forgiving to others as people have been to me. If you know a struggling single parent, then why not offer them a bit of seasonal help? And to answer that lady in Morrisons, I am still Annabel Giles, but with a lot less money and a lot more compassion. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
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If you see any information about Annabel Giles is dated, please let us know. Early life and career Giles was born in Griffithstown, near Pontypool, Torfaen, the eldest of three sisters.
She was expelled from boarding school aged 16 for going to see Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel play in Bristol, wearing mufti. Between and , Giles trained and worked as a secretary, mostly for advertising agencies. During one shoot for Boots No7 cosmetics, royal make-up artist Barbara Daly suggested taking a shot of her, to which she agreed. The ad agency used the shot for their campaign. Giles was then signed up by top agency Models One, and became the only British model to be contracted to a major make-up house Max Factor.
Giles has had a varied career in television and radio.
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