The King of Jordan has secretly acquired luxury homes in Malibu and Washington DC in the US and London and Ascot in the UK
![Photo of the King of Jordan](https://news.files.bbci.co.uk/include/newsspec/00000-october-2021/assets/include_2-project-assets/img/slide-1.png)
In Malibu, California, he spent £50m ($68m) on three clifftop mansions
![Drone image of the Malibu Mansion from above](https://news.files.bbci.co.uk/include/newsspec/00000-october-2021/assets/include_2-project-assets/img/slide-2.png)
According to California planning records, one of them will soon be rebuilt twice the size, and another will get a new swimming pool
![Photo of another of the Malibu mansions](https://news.files.bbci.co.uk/include/newsspec/00000-october-2021/assets/include_2-project-assets/img/slide-3.png)
The king’s properties also include apartments in Washington DC, where his son attended university
![Photo of the Washington DC apartment block](https://news.files.bbci.co.uk/include/newsspec/00000-october-2021/assets/include_2-project-assets/img/slide-4.png)
A seven-bedroom apartment in this block was bought for £4.7m ($6.5m) in 2012
![Photo of the Washington DC apartment block](https://news.files.bbci.co.uk/include/newsspec/00000-october-2021/assets/include_2-project-assets/img/slide-5.png)
And in the UK, King Abdullah bought eight properties in London and south-east England, through offshore companies
![Photo of two flats in London](https://news.files.bbci.co.uk/include/newsspec/00000-october-2021/assets/include_2-project-assets/img/slide-6.png)
Including multi-million pound homes near Buckingham Palace. He bought the property on the left and three flats in the property on the right
![Photo of two buildings in Belgravia](https://news.files.bbci.co.uk/include/newsspec/00000-october-2021/assets/include_2-project-assets/img/slide-7.png)