Beverley Knight
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I am a shoe and bag freak. I shelled out for a Chanel handbag on eBay and it was still four figures!
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I bought myself a diamond pinky ring for two million dollars.
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Craig Charles
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A Rolls-Royce. I met my wife, Jackie, when I was filming a Lynda La Plante drama called The Governor. I fell in love with her instantly and I was bullshitting that I had a Rolls-Royce. When I finished filming, she decided to leave her country and come and live with me in London. On the way to the airport, I phoned my PA and said, “Go and buy a Rolls-Royce.”
Chris Hoy
British track cyclist, 1994–2013
A road track car, a Porsche GT3. I’ve done the 24-hour race in Le Mans, which was a dream come true.
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To my father, for the time that was lost when we weren’t getting along. We were able to reconcile a few months before he passed away five years ago.
When I was young and carefree, before I realised what the obstacles were that we face as black people. I was raised in a beautiful home with incredible parents. They allowed me to enjoy what it was to be a child.
Creating. When everyone goes to bed and then you have six or seven hours to create peacefully. I’ve become nocturnal. Even on a night when I am not in the studio, I still won’t go to sleep till six in the morning.
To be in a position to empower my entire family with generational wealth.
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