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LUKE LITTLER could lose HALF-A-MILLION quid within a year should he make a little-known error when it comes to his prize funds.
The greatest to ever do it Phil Taylor has warned the Nuke about managing his eye-watering fortune.
Littler has enjoyed a blockbuster first full year on the senior PDC tour, winning the World Championship for the first time in January.
The teenager secured a huge payday of £500,000 after he beat Michael van Gerwen to become the youngest ever world champ.
But he has now been advised by darts legend Taylor to set up TWO bank accounts to manage his £1.5million earnings from the past year.
Despite being 18 years old, Littler will be hit with a hefty 45 per cent tax rate after his first full year on the tour.
That could mean that he’s up to £500,000 worse off after a visit from the taxman.
But Taylor, 64, has been on hand with a useful piece of advice for the prodigal star.
The Power has revealed that he used two separate accounts to be able to efficiently manage his finances and tax obligations.
Taylor told Sport Bible: “Make sure you look after your money.
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“Two bank accounts – one in one, and half in another. So that’s your tax. That’s what I always used to do.
“Try to start investing your money, so if anything happens, if you fall down and break your arm or something, you’ve got something to fall back on.”
Littler had said that he had little idea what to do with his winnings after scooping the main prize at Ally Pally at the turn of the year.
Taylor, meanwhile, is the second-richest darts player of all-time in terms of career earnings – and has therefore knows a thing or two about managing money.
Given the higher winnings in recent years, Van Gerwen has claimed the most prize money with £9 million banked.
Taylor also sent Littler a warning about how other players will approach matches against him this season.
He said: “Everybody plays well against you because you’re a big name.
“I said it last week – you get the Manchester United syndrome. And Liverpool.
“You have to perform every week, you don’t get an easy game now. As long as you can take the pressure, people putting pressure on you.
“Because as soon as he loses, like he lost in the Players Championship, bang – they’re on you. They’re on your back.
“They start asking, ‘What’s happened to you? Has the bubble burst?’ You have to be thick-skinned, take no notice of it and carry on.
“That’s all you can do [control what you can control]. It’s like having a pub. Don’t worry about the pub across the road, concentrate on your pub.
“It doesn’t matter what he’s doing. But if he’s doing anything good, have a think about it and do it yourself!”
Littler has lost five matches to opponents with a 100-plus average so far in 2025, including a 6-4 defeat to Gerwyn Price in night three of Premier League Darts on Friday.
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
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THE Palace aide at the centre of the Meghan Markle bullying scandal has finally broken his silence.
Jason Knauf – who previously worked for Prince William and Princess Kate for seven years – says he “wouldn’t change anything”.
Speaking to 60 Minutes Australia today, he reflected on the intense scrutiny he faced after an internal email he wrote and Meg was leaked to the media.
He had sent the message in 2018 raising concerns about the Duchess of Sussex’s alleged treatment of staff.
It was made public three years later ahead of Meg and Prince Harry’s controversial interview with Oprah Winfrey during which it was claimed racist remarks were made about the then-unborn Prince Archie.
Meg strongly denied the claims, labelling them as part of a smear campaign.
Referring to the attention he received at the time, Mr Knauf said: “I think it, it’s tough, but it’s probably quite good.
“You know someone who has been helping other people through how to deal with the public eye. You probably had to take your own medicine sometimes.”
He continued: “You can’t choose just to take the fun stuff in any job. And that applies to the Prince and Princess as well as everyone else working for them. So I wouldn’t change anything.”
Mr Knauf doubled down on whether he had any regrets, saying “no” and adding in such a role you have to “take everything that comes with it”.
And despite the scandal, he went on to speak warmly of Meg and Harry, saying he had “lots of great times” with the pair while working closely with them, including on their wedding.
It comes after Mr Knauf revealed the devastating phone call in which William was told Kate and King Charles had been diagnosed with cancer weeks apart.
He said the future monarch experienced his lowest moment last year.
Kate announced her cancer diagnosis in March 2024 in an emotional video released by Kensington Palace.
The previous month, Charles had confirmed he had also been diagnosed with a form of the disease following a hospital procedure for a benign prostate enlargement.
Mr Knauf went on to say matters were made worse for William – who shares children George, Charlotte and Louis with Kate – due to the “crazy” conspiracy theories about the Princess’ withdrawal from public life.
At the time of her announcement, Kate was said to be recovering after treatment in hospital in January, and hadn’t been seen in public since the previous Christmas.
Days before a scandal erupted after the Palace released an official photo of the royal and her kids, which was pulled by agencies, including Reuters, Getty and Associated Press, over concerns it had been heavily doctored.
This was later admitted by the Firm, with Kate forced to take the blame.
It led to fans online questioning where she was and if she was genuinely ill.
He added that the couple have always had their children’s best interests at throughout Kate’s health battle.
He said they were clear “they had to be parents first” when planning out the year.