The King of Jordan has secretly acquired luxury homes in Malibu and Washington DC in the US and London and Ascot in the UK
In Malibu, California, he spent £50m ($68m) on three clifftop mansions
According to California planning records, one of them will soon be rebuilt twice the size, and another will get a new swimming pool
The king’s properties also include apartments in Washington DC, where his son attended university
A seven-bedroom apartment in this block was bought for £4.7m ($6.5m) in 2012
And in the UK, King Abdullah bought eight properties in London and south-east England, through offshore companies
Including multi-million pound homes near Buckingham Palace. He bought the property on the left and three flats in the property on the right
