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A grandfather clock for my partner’s birthday.
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Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
English interior designer and television personality
My wife. I am a lavish present-giver. I love worshipping my wife with beautiful bits and pieces – it is one of my greatest pleasures.
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
Art. We have some Picassos and Diego Riveras.
Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
A $100,000 Mercedes.
Michael Ball
English singer, presenter and actor
My dogs. They didn’t cost that much to buy, but I’ve been paying for them since. We’ve two Tibetan terriers, Danny and Wilbur.
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View profile →When I was young, I was pretty reckless – my 20s were quite hedonistic. I don’t know whether I’ve been close to death, but I may have been without realising.
Waitressing. I was so bad. I smashed things. I once mistakenly ordered a very expensive bottle of wine for a table. They thought they were ordering a very average bottle of wine, and I ordered them an £800 bottle and they drank it. I got the sack a few weeks later.
Having no purpose.
To still be working.
To let things go.
Going through a divorce.
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