How the super-rich spent lockdown | BBC Stories

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Published 2020-05-20

As the UK headed for lockdown, reports flew in of wealthy homeowners rushing to the countryside, to their yachts or to private jets out of the country.

But where were they headed?

From castles and private islands to luxury underground bunkers with pools and home cinemas, we take a look at how the super-rich have spent lockdown.

Produced and Edited by: Ashni Lakhani

Executive Producer: Ben Bryant

Commissioning Editor: Nisha Diu
#lockdown #coronavirus #wealthy
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All Comments (15)

@jedgeorge3485 3 years ago

This video seems arranged with a PR agency, looks like ad placements. The rich didn't spend their lockdown buying bunkers galore. They went with the yachts on trips, flew home by private jet, invested money strategically and/or simply stayed at home.
@stacykrett 4 years ago

@ 2:34....Bravo!
@JK_JK_JK_JK 4 years ago

Yeah but if they had to buy food they still would have to go to the shops and shop with ordinary people who may have the Coronavirus!!! 🙄
@iiexpertii2708 4 years ago

$50k for that? wheres the catch?
@fdaworld6411 3 years ago

There's no way I could live a fantasy world
@jewel9443 3 years ago

Thanks for the commercial 😩
@daniellopez9622 4 years ago

In the end it was more of a controlled situation rather than an apocalipsis.
@parthoroy5044 3 years ago

man money is all it and yeah gives alot freedom
@Suntan38 4 years ago

This title is total BULL.
@brianfong5711 4 years ago

If the bunkers got a videogame makeover Life sized Castlevania Dungeons
@ofriddlesandrhymes6747 2 years ago

The super rich are probably very nice people and would have to be very careful of the general public. It's the general public that does the dirt. Who are the general public, it's so easy to see and know!
@elizabethcastillo9015 2 years ago

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” Matthew 19:24 ESV
@mosestimothy2814 1 year ago

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@redredwine1277 4 years ago

Don't forget your BIBLE and yarns and needles before going to the bunker 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽