8_Days__June_1_2017

scene & Heard
Spend it like
Beckham
DAVID
BECKHAM’s
latest gift to his
wife might just be a S$12 million Caribbean island. Here’s a look at
some other extravagant gifts celebs have given each other.
To mark the 20th anniversary of
meeting his wife, David Beckham
is reportedly splashing £7mil
(S$12mil) on a private island tucked
away in the Caribbean. The 250-
acre (that’s the size of 94 soccer
fields!) Bird Cay in the South Berry
Islands, Nassau, is only accessible
by boat and boasts a luxury
mansion, a guest house and five
small cottages for the Beckhams’
staff. It also has extra space for
the retired football star to build his
own personal golf course. Wait,
isn’t it supposed to be a gift for his
Posh Spice? Whether or not Becks
really does spend it like Beckham
and buy the island, we’ll find out in
due time.
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What is up with celebs and buying
islands? Prior to their big split,
Angeline Jolie had bought a
£12.2mil (S$22mil) heart-shaped
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island for then-husband Brad
Pitt’s 50th birthday in 2013.
Located some 50 miles from
New York City, the secluded
Petra Island houses two
sprawling properties that
were designed by Pitt’s
favourite architect, Frank
Lloyd Wright. The island’s
main house, built from one
of Wright’s blueprints in
2008, boasts panoramic
views of the island’s
surroundings, though
there was no view of their
impending divorce.