Archive for the 'affairs of the rich and famous' Category

London Westminster Council to seize six mansions from property tycoon

A property tycoon is set to have six London mansions seized by Westminster council in a bid to stop them falling victim to squatters. Simon Halabi has become a victim of the credit crunch and was last week reported to have lost control of seven office blocks in the capital after defaulting on more than [...]

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain to celebrate the wedding of his son, Shaikh Nasir bin Hamad Al Khalifa to the daughter of the Dubai Ruler

The President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended here on Monday a luncheon held at the Dubai World Trade Centre by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain to celebrate [...]

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Best Articles on the Rich and Famous from Perfect Knowledge PR

Abramovich’s New $350 Million Megayacht Will Have Missile Defense System http://bit.ly/DFdiO
The rare glimpse into the lives of the super rich during a candid chat with a private fixer http://bit.ly/Z9zc9
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton to Acquire Royal van Lent, Builder of Luxury Mega-Yachts http://bit.ly/2JfPP
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Monday, September 21st, 2009

Private Fixer Scot Young had amassed a £400m fortune by 2006 yet now claims he is penniless as his wife tries to divorce him

Michelle Young searches inside her purse for change to pay for groceries. These days she is, in many ways, just like any other mother, watching every penny as she struggles to make ends meet. All that separates 45-year-old Michelle from the others in the supermarket queue is her expensive designer clothes, the only residual reminder [...]

Monday, September 7th, 2009

London Luxury Property Market Sees Biggest Price Reduction in History

A townhouse in Knightsbridge has been sold at the biggest price reduction ever seen on a piece of luxury real estate in the city of London. According to the Daily Mail, the home was sold after being reduced by £22 million. The original asking price was a jaw-dropping £40 million – final sale price £18 [...]

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Mega Yachts v Super Yachts

This page contains some of the top 100 mega yachts in the world and includes the year and the yacht was launched and the owner of the yacht. Ever wonder who owns the mega yachts of the world? Below is a listing, by size, of the top superyachts.
Eclipse Length 167meters (548ft) Year expected launched 2009 [...]

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Gang escapes with £40 million in ‘biggest UK jewellery heist’

An armed gang took a woman hostage as they stole £40 million worth of rings, necklaces and bracelets from an exclusive store in what is thought to be Britain’s biggest jewellery robbery. Two smartly dressed men arrived in a black taxi at Graff’s jewellers in Bond Street, Central London, last week and were buzzed through [...]

Friday, September 4th, 2009

One less tax haven to stash those billions in Liechtenstein

On the face of it, the Treasury’s deal with Liechtenstein is a coup. The Alpine principality is in the premier league of the world’s tax havens. Monaco may be flashier and sunnier, Jersey and Guernsey may be close to home, but for sheer tight-lipped secrecy, Liechtenstein has had few equals.
Hundreds of billions of pounds, euros [...]

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

A License Plate “1D” fetches £352,411 record price at auction

A Lebanese property developer living in England has paid £352,411 pounds (US$509,768) for license plate number “1D”, a new record in the world of collectible British license plates. At an auction held by the DVLA, the agency which regulates British vehicle registration, the highly-coveted plate sold for a total of 285,000 pounds, but fees and [...]

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Billionaire Sheikh pays £250,000 for Household Cavalry to fly to Abu Dhabi

While speculation seems to continue regarding the spending habits of the uber-rich in these recessionary times, there’s still a strata of the society who is spending like there’s no tomorrow! The latest flashy spending comes from a billionaire Arab sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who has reportedly paid £250,000 ($377,490) to fly 30 members [...]

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

The World’s Five Longest Super Yachts

Yachts have captured the imagination of people the world over and nothing signals luxury more than the ultimate floating home. The term luxury yacht encompasses any privately owned vessel that is professionally crewed and was coined at the beginning of the 20th century when yachting for pleasure became a reality for many.
Classifying yachts into a [...]

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

One £200 million super-yacht with three Monet paintings onboard

This $400 million super-yacht was built for a Russian oligarch, Andrey Melnichenko, 37, who is worth $9.2 billion and was ranked 172 on the Forbes list of the world’s richest people. There is a large master suite as well as six luxury cabins for up to 14 guests and enough room for 42 crew members. [...]

Saturday, August 15th, 2009