A new documentary has given a rare glimpse inside one of the world’s most glamorous and elite tax havens. New BBC2 series Inside Monaco: Playground Of The Rich, which premiered last night, saw Prince Albert of Monaco waive strict privacy rules to reveal the luxurious life of the tiny country’s super wealthy. The programme reveals how visitors … Read more
Foreign aid farce: We send more money to rich countries such as China and India than we hand out to the world’s poorest nations MPs have revealed how much of Britain’s foreign aid budget is being spent There are concerns it is going to China and India rather than poorer nations Proportion to ‘middle income’ … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Boris Johnson is every inch a hero to David Cameron’s rich pal By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:47 BST, 1 June 2020 | Updated: 02:06 BST, 1 June 2020 After refusing to sack Dominic Cummings for allegedly breaking lockdown rules, Boris Johnson appears to have lost the support of a … Read more
Roger Federer becomes first tennis player EVER to top Forbes’ Athletes Rich List after raking in yearly earnings worth £86m as 38-year-old edges out Lionel Messi, LeBron James and Tyson Fury Forbes have released their list of the top-50 paid athletes in the world of sport Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and LeBron James all earn … Read more
HISTORY Coffeeland : A History By Augustine Sedgewick (Allen Lane £25, 448 pp) Have you ever scanned the blizzard of drinks on offer at your nearest Costa and thought, ‘I just want a cup of coffee’? If so, then maybe this book — more than 350 pages of dense political history of the erogenous little … Read more
Sir James Dyson has been named top of the Sunday Times Rich List for the first time with a £16.2billion fortune. The Brexit-backing entrepreneur saw his wealth grow by £3.6billion over the past year, while Britain’s wealthiest saw £54billion wiped of their fortunes in two months due to coronavirus. In February, it was expected the … Read more
She’s the pop star who’s richer than Elton John, lives next door to Sir Paul McCartney in London and has gone from being a teenage ‘one-hit wonder’ to a globally successful fashion and beauty mogul. Barbadian singer Rihanna — born Robyn Rihanna Fenty — is said by the new Sunday Times Rich List to be … Read more
Lewis Hamilton tops Sunday Times sports rich list after winning his sixth world title, taking his fortune to £224m and overtaking David Beckham’s all-time high World champion Lewis Hamilton’s wealth rose by £37million over the past year Hamilton’s earnings have gone past the £200m mark David Beckham hit in 2013 Rory McIlroy is the only … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed ‘rich guys’ playing the market for the up and down swings among stocks as the U.S. economy struggles to right itself in the wake of the coronavirus. ‘When the so-called ‘rich guys’ speak negatively about the market, you must always remember that some are betting big against it, and … Read more
Terry Smith is one of the shrewdest investors to come out of this country in a long, long time – although he now runs his successful investment operation Fundsmith from the sun-kissed island of Mauritius in the middle of the Indian Ocean rather than the UK (currently enjoying its own bit of sun-kissing). What Smith … Read more