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Britain’s richest woman worth £11,500,000,000 poses on her luxury superyacht
Metro U.K. ^ | 8/3/2017 | Nicole Morley

Posted on 08/03/2017 8:43:32 AM PDT by simpson96

Her wealth eclipses J.K. Rowling and the Queen’s combined, but you might not have heard of Britain’s richest woman.

An astounding fortune of £11.5 billion makes 46-year-old Kirsty Bertarelli the wealthiest woman in the UK.

And she has the superyacht to prove it.

The vessel costs £250,000 just to refuel and was commissioned for the former beauty queen by her billionaire husband Ernesto, 51.

The couple, who have three children, enjoy an extremely luxurious lifestyle and spend months on their £100 million superyacht, a 314ft-long Vava II.

The couple were spotted relaxing on the top deck of their yacht taking in the Boston cityscape.

It took around 200 craftsmen to build the awe-inspiring vessel, which replaced their old 154ft boat.

Mrs Bertarelli, a former Miss UK, is part of the Churchill China dynasty, the world’s largest manufacturers of ceramics reports the Daily Mail.

After studying at a private boarding school in north Wales, she dabbled worked as a model and songwriter – even co-writing Black Coffee, which was a No.1 hit for All Saints.

In 1997 she met and fell in love with Ernesto Bertarelli, Switerland’s richest man thanks to his grandfather’s pharmaceutical company, Serono.

By 2000, she had been named Britain’s richest woman.

(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 08/03/2017 8:43:32 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Not bad for writing inane endless stories about 6th graders that never have anything happen or change.


2 posted on 08/03/2017 8:45:56 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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To: simpson96

bookmark UK richest woman


3 posted on 08/03/2017 8:46:24 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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“An astounding fortune of £11.5 billion makes 46-year-old Kirsty Bertarelli the wealthiest woman in the UK. “

No, below the hard deck doesn’t count Maverick. You don’t get to wander around claiming to be the richest woman because you humped a billionaire.


4 posted on 08/03/2017 8:49:24 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

It it’nt ‘bout J.K.


5 posted on 08/03/2017 8:49:39 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: simpson96

Well at least she hasn’t kicked any little tykes in wheel chairs over the side that we know of. ;-)


6 posted on 08/03/2017 8:50:17 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: mad_as_he$$

HUH? Did you read the article?


7 posted on 08/03/2017 8:50:45 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: rktman

Meaning that jk would have surely raised a ruckus if she had.


8 posted on 08/03/2017 8:51:32 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: simpson96

She knew how to preserve, use and invest her personal assets!


9 posted on 08/03/2017 8:52:30 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!)
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To: simpson96

Rich and has a nice fishing boat.

10 posted on 08/03/2017 8:52:48 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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11 posted on 08/03/2017 8:54:06 AM PDT by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: Snickering Hound

I noticed the boat


12 posted on 08/03/2017 8:56:00 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: BushCountry

Actually, I have seen bigger yachts. Hers is “only” 97 meters in length. I saw a 100 meter yacht with a helicopter on board. I like a nice practical woman like Kristy who lives within her means.


13 posted on 08/03/2017 8:57:12 AM PDT by forgotten man
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Buddy of mine has a nice fishing boat. He said the next time he feels like buying a new one, he'll just dig a hole in his backyard and burn money in it, instead. Will be cheaper in the long run.

I'm sending him this article. At 250K pounds a throw, just to gas it up, a new bass boat will look positively thrifty.

14 posted on 08/03/2017 8:58:37 AM PDT by wbill
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To: Snickering Hound

Does she like slightly older guys?


15 posted on 08/03/2017 8:59:16 AM PDT by donozark (JAMES COMEY: Democrat Presidential candidate 2020.)
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To: wbill

It’s called ‘money to burn!’

I guess using it is better than sticking it in a huge vault like Scrooge McDuck.


16 posted on 08/03/2017 9:01:19 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: RightGeek

There was a boat?


17 posted on 08/03/2017 9:03:00 AM PDT by Zarro (Oh, we don't call them the "MSM" any longer; they are now the "Basket of Detestables")
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To: NEMDF

No of course not. Why break tradition?


18 posted on 08/03/2017 9:03:14 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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To: Snickering Hound

Guilty or not guilty?


19 posted on 08/03/2017 9:05:20 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: forgotten man
I saw the Forbes magazine yacht in the early 1990s. It had a small, maybe 2-person helo stowed on deck. Wrapped in canvas, that is.

It also had a guy in a kilt, bagpiping people aboard for a party.

Up in Bar Harbor, iirc.

20 posted on 08/03/2017 9:07:58 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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