Dinner lady still working at 73 wins £3,000,000 house in prize draw

Grandmother-of-four Rose Doyle and her husband Tony have been living at the same three-bed house in Birmingham for 44 years.

They’re now upping sticks for a luxurious five-bedroom coastal retreat in Cornwall – complete with a hot tub, panoramic terrace and landscaped garden.

The prize included £100,000 in cash, making it an easy decision for her to retire when she found out she’d won.

Rose put away £10 each month for a subscription to the monthly Omaze draw while serving meals at a primary school and working as a sales assistant for an insurance firm.

The win came as all the more of a shock as she had stopped paying attention to the results, which see top winners land a property worth at least £1 million.

‘Because I know I’ve entered every draw automatically, I don’t keep track of all the houses each time, so had no clue what we’d won at first.

*EMBARGOED 08:00 (BST) FRIDAY APRIL 12* Five bedroom coastal retreat with a hot tub and panoramic views of the surrounding Cornish countryside is up for grabs in the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, and will raise money for WWF. Release date April 12 2024. A dinner lady is 'an emotional wreck' after winning 100k in cash and a coastal retreat worth over three million - for just ??25 entry. Rose Doyle, 73, won the keys to a stunning five-bedroom house in Cornwall as part of a draw that raised ??3.1 million for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The Grandmother-of-four from Birmingham is now the proud owner of a coastal retreat and ??100,000 in cash - as she won the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw. The luxurious property, which comes mortgage free and with all legal fees covered, is complete with a hot tub and panoramic views of the surrounding Cornish countryside. — The property features a terrace with a panoramic view of the coast (Picture: Omaze)

Rose and Tony Doyle won the house in Omaze's prize draw — The interior is done up as well as you might expect for the price tag (Picture: Omaze)

*EMBARGOED 08:00 (BST) FRIDAY APRIL 12* The property comes with a hot tub set amongst beautiful foliage. Release date April 12 2024. A dinner lady is 'an emotional wreck' after winning 100k in cash and a coastal retreat worth over three million - for just ??25 entry. Rose Doyle, 73, won the keys to a stunning five-bedroom house in Cornwall as part of a draw that raised ??3.1 million for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The Grandmother-of-four from Birmingham is now the proud owner of a coastal retreat and ??100,000 in cash - as she won the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw. The luxurious property, which comes mortgage free and with all legal fees covered, is complete with a hot tub and panoramic views of the surrounding Cornish countryside. — Rose now has the enviable option of spending her retirement in a hot tub (Picture: Omaze)

‘I’m not sure what we’re going to do long term yet – we’ll definitely enjoy it as a family for a bit – whatever we decide to do, it’s going to change all our lives for the better – it’s a true miracle.’