Saudi prince the mystery buyer of 'world's most expensive home'SUPPLIED Chateau Louis XIV has indoor and outdoor pools, two ballrooms, 10 bedroom suites, a library, wine cellar, private cinema, and an acquarium. The Saudi crown prince leading a corruption crackdown that has led to dozens of his country's wealthiest men being locked up has been revealed as the buyer of "the world's most expensive home", a report has said. The Chateau Louis XIV, a 4645-sqaure-metre palace near Versailles that Kim Kardashian once considered as a potential wedding location, was sold for 320 million euros (NZ$538m) in 2015. It showed a paper trail that leads from the purchase of the castle, which Forbes magazine has called the "world's most expensive home", to the heir to the Saudi throne. Chateau Louis XIV is modelled on 17th-century French castles but was in fact only built a few years ago.

Source: Stuff December 19, 2017 02:48 UTC