MAGICAL MANSIONS IN MIAMI

ELLE spends most of her time at her Miami home. She bought it after splitting abruptly from beetle-browed property billionaire Jeff Soffer in 2017.

Soffer is rumoured to have had friendships with other women that Elle thought impolitely close. He reportedly gave her €66.5 million when they parted after four years — and she left their Miami mansion, above, when they split.

She started anew with a €7.2million house in a fancy development in Coral Gables, also in Miami, where the gardens boast oak, orange, mango and palm trees and ordinary mortals are kept at bay by gates and security guards.

There are tennis courts and a communal marina, plus a private salt water pool and outstanding ocean views. Inside, the house has seven bedrooms and the property is more than 8,000 sq ft.

An ‘at home’ feature with Architectural Digest last year revealed a jawdropping collection of art probably worth as much as the house itself — three Warhols, plus works by sought-after modern American artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat as well as British artists Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.

The article also revealed that the living room boasts a polar bear sofa and chairs by Royere, which fetch around $500,000 at auction.

Kanye West says his Royere sofa is the favourite part of his house. Jennifer Aniston has one, too.

Elle did her cover photo shoot for Red magazine in the gardens of the house. She spent lockdown there, posting on Instagram: ‘I’m choosing to do things I’ve been promising myself for ages. Sharing laughter and supporting friends through Zoom, cleaning closets, writing, practising a wellness programme.’

She also has a €20million house on Harbour Island in the Bahamas, where she and the kids spend Christmas.