The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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A caravan. I was brought up going on caravan holidays – but we quickly realised that a double-axle caravan was too much of a commitment and sold it.
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A matt grey Range Rover. It’s been rebadged, so instead of Range Rover it says Range Rylan.
A Cessna Golden Eagle eight-seater aircraft. I flew it across the Atlantic both ways and did two US tours and two European tours in it. I finally sold it and got a job as an airline pilot in which I was paid to fly, rather than the other way round.
All my clothes are secondhand, but I did buy a pair of new silver Vivienne Westwood shoes to get married in, which I still have.
A painting by Tamara de Lempicka.
There are different flavours of happy, but I think my favourite is the quiet contentment when several generations of family are sitting together watching a crowd-pleaser like Harry Potter on the telly.
I wanted to be like my dad, who was an academic, because he had an office packed full of books, always had loud music on, and seemed to get to do what he wanted.
My biggest disappointment is always myself. That’s my Catholic upbringing.
The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.
It would have been lovely to have grown up in private like a lot of my friends.
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
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