The most modern mystery on this list involves Witanhurst Mansion, which is the second largest home in London after Buckingham Palace.
While we know who owns the Queen’s residence (it’s our shape-shifting lizard overlords), no one has any idea which lucky person is in possession of number two.
The 65-bedroom mansion was purchased for 50 million pounds (a little over $80 million) back in 2008.
Yet the purchase was made by an offshore company, Safran Holdings, and the owners of that organization are a closely guarded secret.
Whoever the owners are, they have since almost doubled the size of the building.
Underground, they’re building a 20 meter (70ft) swimming pool, a spa, a cinema, and a parking lot with 24 spaces.
Their expenditure on building work has cost as much as they paid for the place.
One person that isn’t the owner is Russia’s richest woman, Elena Baturina. She successfully sued British newspaper the Sunday Times for libel when they suggested she was the one splashing out.
Butarina claimed the “blatant lie” caused a backlash in the press in her home country.
We’d like to make it absolutely clear we make no claims whatsoever as to what she may or may not have purchased with her payout from the suit.
While we know who owns the Queen’s residence (it’s our shape-shifting lizard overlords), no one has any idea which lucky person is in possession of number two.
The 65-bedroom mansion was purchased for 50 million pounds (a little over $80 million) back in 2008.
Yet the purchase was made by an offshore company, Safran Holdings, and the owners of that organization are a closely guarded secret.
Whoever the owners are, they have since almost doubled the size of the building.
Underground, they’re building a 20 meter (70ft) swimming pool, a spa, a cinema, and a parking lot with 24 spaces.
Their expenditure on building work has cost as much as they paid for the place.
One person that isn’t the owner is Russia’s richest woman, Elena Baturina. She successfully sued British newspaper the Sunday Times for libel when they suggested she was the one splashing out.
Butarina claimed the “blatant lie” caused a backlash in the press in her home country.
We’d like to make it absolutely clear we make no claims whatsoever as to what she may or may not have purchased with her payout from the suit.
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