What would you do with £85 million?

t’s now been announced that the incredibly lucky Euromillions winner who scooped a record-breaking £84.4 million jackpot on Friday has decided to stay anonymous. To be honest we don’t blame them, as after talking about this in the office we decided that we would probably do the same. That way you avoid all the hard luck stories you’re bound to be hit with, as well as the long lost friends and relatives coming out of the woodwork.

Although we don’t know if it was won by a man, woman or syndicate we do know that they’ve entered the Sunday Times Rich List in the 789th position, which makes them richer than veteran actor Sir Sean Connery,who has a mere £80 million, and level with Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts and pop star Robbie Williams.

A spokesman for National Lottery operator Camelot said last night: ‘The lucky ticket holder(s) of this prize have taken the decision to remain anonymous and therefore no further details about this prize, or the location of where the winning ticket was purchased, will be revealed.’

Mark Dampier, of financial advisors Hargreaves Lansdown, also had some advice on keeping their identity secret. He said: ‘The only way to keep it completely quiet would be not to give up your job, not to tell any relatives at all, and not to change your lifestyle. Parking a Ferrari outside your council house would be a giveaway.’ He also recommended they
should bank at a branch far away from their home, to avoid a cashier spilling the beans.

We’re sure they’ve got many ideas on how to spend their millions, but couldn’t resist giving them a couple of ideas. If they fancy moving house £80 million would get them a 5-storey Kensington mansion, complete with swimming pool, gym and sauna. If they don’t have such fancy tastes they
could buy themselves a village, as the average house price in the UK is now £205,000 and they could buy 410 of these! For getting around why not buy 2 Boeing 737-700 jets – 2 in case the first one has any problems! If you’re a sports fan you can now watch any game or event you want. If you want to take it further though you could even buy your very own player. Cristiano Ronaldo was bought by Real Madrid for £80 million in 2009, though maybe consider the lower leagues if you’d like a pair.

At the end of the day if you just invested the money in a high interest account at 5.4% interest you’d get £370,712 a month in interest – which we could very happily live on. Ah well, let’s keep our fingers crossed now for next week!

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