{"id":19466,"date":"2013-03-07T08:37:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T08:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=19466"},"modified":"2013-03-07T08:37:07","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T08:37:07","slug":"a-tale-of-two-londons-nick-shaxsons-new-feature-for-vanity-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2013\/03\/07\/a-tale-of-two-londons-nick-shaxsons-new-feature-for-vanity-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"A tale of two Londons: Nick Shaxson’s new feature for Vanity Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new, long Vanity Fair article hits the newsstands this week written by Nicholas Shaxson, author of\u00a0Treasure Islands<\/b><\/a>. As Vanity Fair's short\u00a0online summary<\/b><\/a>\u00a0says:<\/p>\n

\"In an April Vanity Fair article which also investigates the complicated reasons why London has become a tax haven for the world\u2019s mega-rich, Nicholas Shaxson reveals just who owns what in London\u2019s One Hyde Park, the apartment building built by two British brothers, Nick and Christian Candy, together with Waterknights, the international property-development company owned by Qatar\u2019s prime minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, where apartments go for nearly $12,000 per square foot.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now get this, from the\u00a0Daily Mail<\/a><\/b>, an astonishing new snippet about Christian Candy:<\/p>\n

\"Now the British property tycoon has become the proud father of twins \u2014 whom he has apparently named after two of the world\u2019s most well-known tax havens.<\/p>\n

Isabella\u00a0Monaco<\/b>\u00a0Evanthia and\u00a0Cayman<\/b>\u00a0Charles Wolf were born two weeks ago, and a source close to the family told The Mail on Sunday: \u2018The names seem to be entirely deliberate, sticking two fingers up at the taxman.\u2019 \"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our emphasis added. We've just checked, and it isn't April 1.<\/p>\n

NB: reposted from TJN, with permission<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new, long Vanity Fair article hits the newsstands this week written by Nicholas Shaxson, author of\u00a0Treasure Islands. As Vanity Fair’s short\u00a0online summary\u00a0says: “In an
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