Paul Burrell has been a patron at Nightingale House for six years

Mr Burrell has raised a "substantial" amount of money for Nightingale House hospice, in Wrexham, after reaching the final of the ITV show.

He spent 16 days in the jungle, but came second to comic Joe Pasquale.

Mr Burrell is a patron of Nightingale House, but staff said they did not yet know how much money had been raised.

The level of money raised by Mr Burrell depends on the number of votes he received from viewers with 16p from every call going to his chosen charity.

He's been in Holt for about 24 years and he calls himself a local Welsh man Jo Young, Nightingale House Hospice

The father-of-two, who runs a florist in Holt near Wrexham, has long been a supporter of Nightingale House Hospice and visited the centre before flying out to Australia.

The hospice cares for people with life-threatening illnesses and helps their families.

More than 400 patients stay there every year but hundreds more attend the day care centre.

Mr Burrell has been a patron for six years and charity fundraiser Jo Young said she was delighted with his success on the ITV show.

"He'd been approached by I'm A Celebrity and he'd said no several times but he decided to go in and raise money for a local charity," she said.

Job cuts

"He's been in Holt for about 24 years and he calls himself a local Welsh man."

An emotional Mr Burrell, emerging from the Australian jungle on Monday, said second place was "beyond my wildest dreams".

"It was a fantastic journey - what an amazing journey," he said.

"I can't stop shaking. It's restored my faith in the British public and human nature," he added.

Nightingale House needs to raise �1.65m every year to continue to operate.

Paul Burrell arrived back from Australia on Thursday

The local health authority annually contributes more than �250,000 but this falls short of the cost of the site which relies heavily on money from the community.

Volunteers are left needing to find �1.4m every 12 months.

Ms Young said the hospice does not know how much Mr Burrell has raised but they will receive 16p from every call made in support of Princess Diana's former butler.

"You can but dream[about the money] but we just don't know," she said.

In 2002 Nightingale House bosses had to make redundancies following a reduction in their grant from North Wales Health Authority.

The unit now only has room for 12 in-patients following the job cuts.

The hospice hopes to welcome Paul Burrell back from his jungle trip when he returns from Australia.

A spokeswoman for ITV has said they will not confirm how much money has been raised for charity or how many people voted until the contestants are back from Australia.