When I’m feeling particularly unsuccessful, I console myself with all the luxury goods I don’t want. I was extremely consoled by the divorce of Christina Estrada, the former supermodel who’s just been awarded £75 million from her Saudi billionaire ex-husband. She’d actually wanted £196 million from Sheikh Walid Juffali.
Now I like money as much as the next man, and I certainly wouldn’t say no to £196 million, or even a paltry £75 million. But I would say no to most of the pointless things Estrada wanted to blow her money on. She asked for an annual £1 million for clothes, including £40,000 for fur coats, £109,000 for haute couture dresses and £21,000 for shoes – every year.
