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