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Welcome to the final day of Google Sightseeing Reader
Takeover Week. Every day this week, one of you has been chosen to
have their very own sight posted here on GSS, while Alex and James
take a well deserved holiday. Today’s final sight is from GSS
addict Rob!

Nicknamed “Billionaires Row”, Kensington Palace Gardens, in West
London, is home to a collection of the most expensive homes in the
World.

For those of you who have just come off the hedge fund
management circuit, prices start at around £50 million for the
smaller house, although the asking price for 18-19 Kensington Mews
was a rather modest £85 million.

Sadly though, the street plays host to embassies and ambassadors
residences. However, the Sultan of Brunei, one of the richest men
in the World, owns
Number 20, with the Number 8 on top - “symbolizing the phrase
Ba Shi Fa Cai” (”the number eight brings prosperity”).

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The Sultan is in good company though, with the Worlds 5th
Richest Man (and Britain’s richest), Steel Magnate, Lakshmi Mittal,
living
next door. He bought his house from F1 tycoon Bernie Ecclestone
for £57 million - starting to see a trend here? The “Taj Mittal” is
so called because the marble that is used in the house is the same
stuff that made the Taj Mahal.

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Britain’s 6th richest man, Leonard Blavatnik, also occupies,
rather greedily,
15a AND b! Although he probably deserves it, since it is rather
small, and only has a tennis court to show off. He picked his up
for a snip at £40,000,000.

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Find out more and get a full list of residents at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Palace_Gardens Wikipedia.

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