A Saudi billionaire bought the luxury Mayfair apartment which hosted Jackie Kennedy for £18.6 million so that his daughter could live there while she studies in London.
The luxury 5-bedroom residence has a 5,000 sq ft first-floor which overlooks Grosvenor Square and a 60 ft balcony with a south-facing terrace, library, three grand reception rooms and a large family kitchen. It may be the most expensive and luxurious student accommodation ever bought.
In its heyday the property would be filled with A-listers. It also included a small living unit for Artemis Onassis, Aristotle Onassis’ sister, and was also visited by Princess Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy’s sister. Jackie also regularly stayed here while visiting her daughter, Caroline, studying in London at the time.
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The Evening Standard reports the deal was put together in just 24 hours by Mayfair estate agent Peter Wetherell. Jeremy Gee, managing director of Beauchamp Estates, told the Evening Standards that the “sale of the former Onassis residence in Grosvenor Square in Mayfair shows that global high-net worth buyers still see prime London luxury property as a good long-term investment.”
They buyer’s identity hasn’t been revealed however reports claim he is one of the most successful and wealthy businessmen of the Middle East.
The Onassis family had purchased the apartment from Winston Churchill’s wartime home secretary, Sir John Anderson.
