Lockdown? It’s party time for Philip Green’s birthday girl
PARTYING in exotic climes is merely a farflung dream for most people right now.
But tycoon Philip Green is planning to mark daughter Chloe’s 30th birthday this weekend with a lockdown-busting bash in paradise for close friends and family.
A group of around 25 of Chloe’s best friends have gathered for the celebrations over three nights at the Four Seasons Kuda Huraa resort in the Maldives.
The bill is not known, but yesterday a source close to Mr Green, whose retail group Arcadia collapsed at the end of last year, said: ‘It’s not a big party.’
Unlike other infamous Green celebrations, the entire resort has not been taken over. For his 60th, guests including Gwyneth Paltrow and Leonardo DiCaprio were serenaded by Stevie Wonder and the Beach Boys in Mexico and the final bill was well over €5million.
The source denied Chloe’s birthday will be a mega blowout. He said: ‘This is just a quiet place to celebrate her birthday with a lunch and a dinner. Some friends from Monaco have come out for a half-term holiday with
Daddy’s girl: Chloe with Mr Green and wife Tina their kids.’ But even a ‘low-key’ celebration will come with a hefty price tag as a simple burger at the poolside costs €55 and a room is around €1,200 a night.
The resort consists of 96 rooms on a tiny island, which are ‘water villas’ on the ocean or beachside bungalows, with thatched roofs and teak floors. Luxe bathrooms feature walk-in rainfall showers, with most also boasting ‘charming’ outdoor showers too.
Kuda Huraa has outstanding spa facilities, a surf school and resident marine biologists who offer education programmes for guests. There are four restaurants.
Visitors have to present a negative Covid test taken three days before departure, but there are no further barriers to entry.
As citizens of Monaco, Mr Green and his family have been living under a 7pm-6am curfew, with masks mandatory, bars closed and restaurants serving only lunch. Working from home is compulsory. Travel, though, is allowed.
In the Maldives, international visitors have to quarantine, but tourists are exempt and many resorts have been open since last July.
All visitors have to wear face masks at the airport and in ‘enclosed public spaces’ – but no such considerations will apply at the luxury resort.