What price the cure for a broken heart? If you're Noel Gallagher, it seems that about £800,000 should do the trick.
That extraordinary figure, friends have told me, was their estimation of the bill the former Oasis frontman recently received after checking out of the £2,500 per night Claridge's suite he had decamped to after his marriage to PR executive Sara MacDonald collapsed.
Even for a rock star worth around £56 million, it was enough to prompt a gulp.
Noel recently revealed that he spent much of 2023 holed up in the upmarket art deco hotel, one of London's finest.
His 700sq ft junior suite, which came with a large living space, had its own fireplace, piano and extra deep marble bath (complete with individualised Claridge's bathing products).
Sara McDonald and Noel Gallagher during the Q Awards 2018 - the couple broke up in 2023
Claridge's Hotel in London's Mayfair has served as a bolthole for Gallagher as he sought to get over the breakup
A room inside Claridge's, where nightly rates can be as much as £2,500 – not including food and drinks
Gallagher performing on stage during a Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds gig at Wembley Arena in December
Tastefully decorated in the kind of classic cream colour scheme favoured by the uber rich, with extra plush sofas and reclining chairs, each suite in the hotel is uniquely crafted by a renowned interior designer, either Michelle Wu, Pierre Yves Rochon or BOS Studio.
Residents can also make full use of the Linley-designed Map Room to conduct business meetings, with a concierge on hand 24/7 to deliver light bites from the Claridge's kitchen. The on-site gym has wall-to-wall personal trainers, Peloton bikes and, in their downtime, guests can indulge in a swim, immersing themselves in an electrolyte-rich relaxation pool.
The hotel also has a decade...
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