The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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A black Mercedes 500 coupé in the mid-1980s. I thought it was one of the most beautiful things I’d seen. (I had been clubbing the night before.) And I can’t drive.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗
A Tesla for my former husband. He didn’t deserve it.
A very nice holiday.
When I initially made money with the Corrs, I bought a Jaguar XK8.
An Andy Warhol Polaroid of Debbie Harry.
The motorcycle crash, but also when a neon sign fell on my head in Soho in the 90s.
To my first real boyfriend, for being so mean to him. But really I was just being mean to myself.
A vet, but then I discovered you needed qualifications.
Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
In the school holidays, I worked at a soft drinks factory in Southport.
Rolf Harris – he let us all down.
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