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CELEBRITY MAGAZINE MALLORCA 2,95€ | ISSUE 119 World N°1, Rafa Nadal: A Local Hero How did a local boy from Manacor take the world of tennis by storm? CELEBRITY CELEBRITY2,95€ | ISSUE 118 MAGAZINE MALLORCA MALLORCAMAGAZINE MALLORCAMAGAZINE RICHARD BRANSON Back at Son Bunyola! HATS & HORSES Off to a galloping start in Mallorca RHOC’S HANNA & MARTIN TIE THE KNOT Exclusive honeymoon pictures BOATS, BIKES & AUTOMOBILES | GOLF - FINDING FAIRWAYS | SPORTS | HOMES & PROPERTY EVOLUTION! MALLORCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL See who scooped a prize inside Q&A WITH GEORGE McCRAE Still rocking his number one song ACCESS ALL AREAS | SEEN@ CELEBRITIES IN MALLORCA I SPORTS | HOMES & PROPERTY Media Pack Advertising Office (+34) 871 026 650 [email protected] | celebritymallorca.es Celebrity Mallorca Magazine S.L | Avd. de la Playa, 61 | Palmanova Why choose Celebrity? elebrity Magazine is an established bimonthly Celebrity and lifestyle magazine distributed across the Island of Mallorca targeting residents and visitors across this large and affluent C area. History Research and distribution Since 2003 Celebrity Magazine has been bringing Magazines are distributed in key locations across you the very best in lifestyle, fashion, celebrities and the Island, and is available online to read, along events on this amazing island. with our promotional distribution across social With exclusive photography and reports, Celebrity media platforms. Using both local and island gets you behind the scenes on the events that matter wide demographics to achieve our exact market here in Mallorca. Nobody can get you closer to the place. Celebrity has become the social scene and action! Celebrity is the ‘must have’ residents and lifestyle ‘’bible’ for the Island, with its readers and visitors magazine. advertisers being evenly split between English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Russian and German. CELEBRITY CELEBRITY Sir Richard Branson - Back at Son Bunyola! Print Britain’s best-known entrepreneur talks to Angela Sara West about his long-standing love affair with Mallorca and how he adores his favourite retreat here so much, he bought it twice! Planes, trains and Virgin mobiles… with friends and showbiz pals. He describes outstanding resorts around the globe, his party island as ”a wonderful magnet to Print in a high gloss colour magazine which too, this billionaire businessman has attract wonderfully-interesting people,” and transformed the world’s landscapes and has played host to a ‘who’s who’ of Hollywood skies with his boundless brand. In March heavyweights, rock stars, royals and ex- 2000, multi-award-winning Richard was presidents there, including Robert De Niro, knighted by Prince Charles at Buckingham Demi Moore, Harrison Ford, Kate Moss, Palace for ‘services to entrepreneurship’. Mick Jagger, George Michael, Mariah Carey, Two years later, he was named in the BBC’s Princess Diana (with Princes William and has had its editorials reproduced by worldwide poll of the 100 Greatest Britons and has also Harry in tow), The Duchess of Cambridge, been ranked in Time magazine’s ‘Top 100 Photo by Owen Billcliffe Nelson Mandela and Barack and Michelle Most Influential People in the World’. Obama. One Direction’s Harry Styles once Leonardo DiCaprio Virgin Islands in 1978 to impress his future famously shared a hot tub with the Virgin Having clocked up five decades in business, wife, Joan, whom he later married there. boss at the sensational sanctuary, while Virgin’s expansion has seen him successfully Despite its $5m price tag, he initially offered the tennis-loving host regularly invites ex- diversify in sectors from health care to a cheeky $100,000 for the uninhabited 74- publication groups. Celebrity Magazine covers tennis champ, Boris Becker, to participate in health clubs and cruise ships to space acre isle. Less than impressed, the seller the ‘Necker Cup’. ships. His phenomenally-fruitful, world- (British aristocrat, Lord Cobham) threw renowned brand has given us everything Richard off the island to find his own Planes, flames & hurricanes from music and mobiles, comics and gyms, way home which, incidentally, is how his When not busy schmoozing or setting sail to high-speed trains and transatlantic travel. brainwave for Virgin Airways (later Virgin on his luxury catamaran yacht, the Necker With 60 Virgin companies worldwide, Atlantic) came about! Photos: Courtesy of Virgin limited Edition Richard now employs around 71,000 people Belle, Richard rides around on a golf buggy special openings, events and parties across the in 35 countries around the globe. A year later, he paid a desperate-to-sell Lord or his electric bike, taking in the natural Cobham $180,000, under the condition that wonders such as flamingos and lemurs, along With his unrivalled taste for adventure, Richard would build a resort there, marking with the startling views. But the business there have been ballooning expeditions and the start of his luxury property portfolio, magnate’s magnificent abode has twice been world record-breaking accomplishments Virgin Limited Edition. The business devasted by Mother Nature… The Great galore, including clinching the fastest-ever mogul sold his UK properties, including his House was rebuilt following a fire caused by Atlantic Ocean crossing. In fact, he’s entered Oxfordshire estate and London home, to a lightning strike during Hurricane Irene in island. Our unique and professional coverage with the Guinness Book of Records no fewer than make the move to his new main residence 2011, with actress Kate Winslet heroically seven times! The Virgin tycoon has also in 2013. “I left Britain for my love of the rescuing Richard’s 90-year-old mother, Eve. starred (usually as himself!) in blockbusters beautiful British Virgin Islands and, in “She was wondering when a director was Casino Royale, Around the World in 80 particular, Necker Island,” says Richard. going to shout CUT!,” says Richard. And Days and Superman Returns, along with “We’ve built our home there, a place where he wasn’t exactly dressed for the occasion small-screen series The Simpsons, Friends, my family and I are able to truly relax. I’m himself. “All we could do was run over to Only Fools And Horses and Baywatch. so inspired by this idyllic island paradise’s the house as fast as we could, stark naked!” photographers and reporters allows us to support b e aut y.” Barefoot luxury at Branson’s Necker Necker reopened in 2013, 20 percent bigger Island home Having transformed it into a multi-million- and better. The Balinese-style home now Offscreen, the white-sand beaches of pound luxury resort, with a 10-bedroom came complete with hammocks, eight guest Necker Island, lapped by turquoise water villa overlooking the beach, other luxury rooms and Jacuzzis, “Like the old house, and stunning views of neighbouring islands, residences, private pools, tennis courts and but on steroids!” But the main house was are where this adventurous entrepreneur a helipad, Necker is now one of the most left uninhabitable again after finding itself and promote businesses to their full potential. usually resides… exclusive resorts in the world… The private directly in the path of Category-5 Hurricane A young 29-year-old Richard bought his island paradise is also a playground for Irma when it hit in 2017. “We felt the full much-loved Caribbean retreat in the British Richard’s large and lucky group of famous force of the strongest hurricane ever in the 4 | CELEBRITY MALLORCA CELEBRITY MALLORCA | 5 CELEBRITY In Conversation with CELEBRITY CELEBRITY John Cleese By Larrick Ebanks World Number 1, “I’m a living legend, and I’m a national institution, and I’m a comedy icon, Rafa Nadal: A Local Hero and I’m something else, but I can’t remember what it was” Rafael Nadal, or Rafa as he is more affectionately known, is Mallorca’s golden child - born in Manacor, this local star has propelled himself to the highest levels of tennis and is renowned for being a gentleman both on “Hi Larrick, call John at the Four Seasons completely crazy, and has been going a divorce, and you’ve been working for the and off of the court. So how did a young boy from Manacor become the world number one? Hotel in Miami at 15:30 (Mallorca time)” crazy for some years. And I think the most BBC all your life, which is like working for is the memo I received from John Cleese’s intelligent thing to do is to separate from charity, it takes a little bit of time to pay the By Ben Mulvey people. Whilst receiving personal emails it, but there aren’t any nice fincas on Mars”. 20 million off. [laughs] So performing live from John saying, “Dear Larrick, how are [Larrick laughs] is the best way of doing it because I don’t my ticket sales doing in Mallorca?” I was understand television anymore and it has a very happy to hear from the man himself John has a valid point, which is one of the lot of people in charge who don’t know what Rafa in Sant Llorenc Rafa Nadal wedding and started to plan my interview with this reasons why I never watch television to see they’re doing. And the nice thing about British legend and national treasure. His this madness that he is referring to being being on stage is that you just walk in front legacy and career is well documented on the played out for the masses. of an audience, as they did 2000 years ago in internet so I decided that I did not want to John continues to talk about political Greece and try and make them laugh”. regurgitate the same stories that have been matters with a hint of slapstick humour “I am quite seriously looking to buy a told before.