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Battle of the boats! As David Beckham spends £16MILLION on a new superyacht... which other celebs have dug deep for their very own floating home-from-home?

For most its an extravagance one can only wish to afford, but the for uber-wealthy buying a yacht is little more than a rite of passage, and an obvious expression of one's success.

For a time, the boat held the title of the world's largest superyacht, but has since been surpassed by the 590ft Azzam, which is believed to be owned by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates. The superyacht, allegedly linked to a Russian oligarch Dmitry Kamenshchik was marooned in the Dominican Republic after the United States government requested an investigation into the vessel as a result of Russia' invasion of Ukraine The superyacht, which also boasts a gym, swimming pool, ‘beach club’ and cinema, and is the biggest yacht to be manufactured in Britain, is owned by the Swiss pharmaceutical billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli.

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