​The former patron of the Halo Trust was uncomfortable at salaries being paid to directors

Angelina Jolie quit a Scots-based mine clearing charity after it emerged trustees paid themselves to undertake a review.

Dumfries-based Halo Trust has come under fire after its accounts showed it paid two of its trustees £120,000 to undertake a restructuring review following the departure of chief executive Guy Willoughby.

Willoughby resigned after it emerged he was receiving private school fees, on top of his salary, for his three children.

The revelation created turmoil at the world famous humanitarian charity – a favourite of Princess Diana.

Hollywood actress Jolie, who is married to Brad Pitt, is understood to have quit as patron of the charity last May, unhappy at trustees were being paid huge sums in consultancy fees.

But the news has only just been revealed as the charity filed its latest accounts.

It is understood the star, one of the world’s most famous humanitarian campaigners, told trustees they should pay for the review themselves rather than using charity funds.

She was also unhappy the Halo Trust helped pay the boarding school fees of some staff’s children.

Jolie raised objections about plans to pay Amanda Pullinger, the chairwoman and a former hedgefund chief, and Simon Conway, an author, a combined £850 a day for the review.

James Cowan, the trust’s chief executive, said that the actress had joined in a unanimous vote in favour of the governance review and said her resignation letter cited “a wish to do other things”.