27 Dec 2007 11:44:00 am

HARHAR

NEW YORK - UNITED States hotel heiress Paris Hilton's potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans to donate 97 per cent of his US$2.3 billion (S$3.3 billion) fortune to charity.

Jerry Oppenheimer, who profiled the Hilton family in his 2006 book House of Hilton, has said Barron Hilton is embarrassed by the behaviour of his socialite granddaughter Paris and believes it has sullied the family name.