With a spa, a swimming pool, two heliports and room for 18 guests, the Luna is more like a floating luxury villa than a yacht. A crew of 50 keep all nine decks in pristine shape. The lifeboats cost $4 million apiece. Gleaming engines propel the vessel at a maximum …
The sale of an idyllic Greek island owned for decades by the Onassis family has been thrown into doubt amid concerns that it contravenes the wishes of the late shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Skorpios, a forested island surrounded by the crystal clear waters of the Ionian Sea, was sold last …
LONDON (AP) — Prince Michael, Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin, received hundreds of thousands of pounds (dollars) in financial assistance from the self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky over several years, their representatives disclosed Sunday. Both sides stressed that the payments – reported to total 320,000 pounds (US$514,320) – were “conducted properly” …
New York’s most expensive apartment, a palatial $88 million penthouse said to have been bought for an oligarch’s daughter as a college getaway, is now at the centre of the world’s costliest divorce battle. It is billed as the world’s most lavish student crash pad – a stunning penthouse with …
It is perhaps the most coveted party invitation of the year, with the likes of Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas and Prince providing entertainment for a carefully-selected few. This year Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Russian oligarch, plans to eclipse his previous New Year’s Eve celebrations by spending more than £5 …