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Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

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Warwick Davis English actor
Our campervan. It’s fully kitted out, sleeps four and lowers down, so we can get in and out easily.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2017 source ↗

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I think I had a close shave with the taxi driver John Worboys. I was in Soho and going back to Chiswick where I lived, and I got a black cab. This guy wouldn’t stop talking and he offered me champagne, and I said: “I don’t like champagne.” It went a bit quiet and I thought I’d offended him. Then I remember going: “Hang on a minute, you shouldn’t be drinking champagne if you’re driving.” And he said: “I’ve just won the lottery and I’m finished after this.” I had a lucky escape.
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