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Thursday, December 20th, 2012

Doors to Manual, Taps off in the Turkish Spa… the Saudi Prince Whose Flying Palace has it all

Author:     LOVEDAY MORRIS
Source:     The Independent (UK)
Publication Date:     Wednesday 19 December 2012
 Link: Doors to Manual, Taps off in the Turkish Spa… the Saudi Prince Whose Flying Palace has it all
Stephan:   I often write about the uber rich that have emerged as the world's first truly global aristocracy. In the multipolar geopolitical environment that is creating them, one dominated by the rise of the Virtual Corporate states, national states are vassals. Under the direction of the uber rich, and the VCses they control, national legislatures pass laws that serve not the interests of the people, but the priorities of the VCSes. These individuals and families literally live in another world, while they control ours. But its hard to conceptualize that. Even the visual media, in its most exaggerated excesses, doesn't really get to it, perhaps because it would be simply unbelievable. Here's what I mean. Click through to see the images.

Saudi investor’s £300m super-jumbo also has room for a concert hall, a garage for his Rolls and four luxury suites

He’s the billionaire who has everything – private jumbo jet, hundreds of cars, a yacht that featured in the Bond film Never Say Never Again and a sizeable stake in News Corporation. Now Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud is about to take delivery of his new toy: an Airbus A380.

The super-jumbos flown by Emirates airlines have room for more than 600 passengers. But the prince will clear out most of the seats and install a luxury Turkish spa, a concert hall and space to park his Rolls-Royce. Finishing touches in the hamam will include marble walls, while the prayer area will feature computer-generated mats which always point in the direction of Mecca. What will become the world’s largest private jet (dubbed the ‘flying palace

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