Single mum of four wins £14.5M on EuroMillions

Beverley Doran, 37, was checking her messages on her phone in bed on Saturday morning when she saw an email from The National Lottery. Having already won a fantastic £50 earlier that week playing Lotto, she was still feeling lucky and eagerly logged onto her account hoping to see a few more pounds from EuroMillions too.

Beverley explains: “I was still waking up when I logged into my account. I could see the jackpot amount but couldn’t work out what I’d won. Then I slowly realised it was one UK winner and that that person was me. It was taking a very long time to sink in. I jumped out of bed and burst into my eldest son’s bedroom. He was asleep but I was shouting “I’ve won the Euros! I’m a millionaire!” All he came back with was “What you on about?” It was crazy, my head was spinning and nothing made any sense! I tried to call my mum but she was in the shower. It was like a rollercoaster and still is to be honest!”

Beverley, who is a carer for two of her children who have autism and whose current home is a council house, immediately started looking at possible homes to buy online. She even looked at a couple of properties on Saturday afternoon with a local estate agent. As well as a new home for the family, she is also considering buying a holiday home abroad where the children can unwind during school holidays.

Not one to waste time, and after a close friend suggested that she go to Harrogate for the rest of the weekend to celebrate, she packed her bags! One friend even lent her £1000 for a shopping spree.

Beverley said: “It was a brilliant weekend, we stayed in a four star hotel, ate off the ‘a la carte’ menu and drank £25 bottles of wine. I had a pedicure, Turkish bath and shopped like I’d never done before. I spent £500 alone on a personalised bracelet complete with five charms which tells my life story. I got charms for my children, for love and family and for my new wealth. And one that says “Sometimes you got to fall before you can fly” – I really believe that, I will wear it every day to remember this moment.”