Ben Elliot
Ben Elliot
Benjamin William "Ben" Elliotis an English businessman, philanthropist, and nephew of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth11 August 1975
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When I lived in New York, I discovered these Russian & Turkish Baths in East 10th Street. Great for a platza treatment - plus, you'll run into the world and his wife there.
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A quintessential experience is to raft the Rio Grande through the Blue Mountains, stopping off at waterfalls and having picnics of barbecued fish.
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For me, life is not about gold taps and marble all over the place.
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Since childhood, I have been a cricket fanatic.
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Once you're involved in a business, it's part of what you do. It's the way you are.
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The way I choose to live my own life rates time and space as real luxuries.
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Art is the ultimate luxury good, but one that can make you think, give a you a blast of beauty and enhance your life. Even if the work's made of plasticine.
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I mainly read histories and biographies, but I'm also a big fan of Graham Swift and Thomas Hardy.
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Since I travel to the four corners of this planet for work, I don't need sun holidays or that kind of thing.
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There are a lot of laws from Europe about employing people which are absolute nonsense.
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I definitely like sorting stuff out, and I have the enthusiasm to try and help.
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In my heart and soul, I am a West Country man, and ideally, my weekends are spent there.
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What goes around comes around in business, and it's better to help people out rather than bill them every time you speak to them.
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When the truth does not get printed, damage is done.