W, March 1st, 2003
Obsessive social observers--and oily fortune hunters--have already jotted it down in their Smythson journals: There are two new billionaires afoot in Europe, one a bachelor, the other a bachelorette. Apart from their immense wealth, both can boast the rarest of all assets among the newly rich: a quasi-mythological family name synonymous with staggering houses, priceless art, rare jewels, private jets and parties glittering with the world's social elite. Each could, if he or she chose, indulge in a burst of flamboyance not seen since another age. But for all that, their combined wealth wouldn...
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