Crazy in love with the coast
WHY BEYONCE’S LOVE OF YACHTS IS ACTUALLY A GLANCE BACK TO SIMPLER TIMES GROWING UP NEAR THE TEXAS COAST WORDS: FRANK GRICE
assembled gathering of red top editors and magazine gossip page correspondents seemed so intent on reporting stats, figures and numbers that they passed up the opportunity to celebrity the real matter at hand. Namely, the fact that the world’s most famous pop couple had ascended to true nautical royalty, and with it, an appreciation of the open seas.
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For so long, the Marmite pair had been fulcrums of the New York and LA celebrity elite, rarely swaying from the comfort and security of a glamorous world which, thanks to no small amount of hard work, dedication and talent, was paying back big time.
Yet the press still obsessed over the big numbers – the immaculate Lürssen Kismet yacht that the opulent couple had chartered is the property of businessman and sports tycoon Shahid Khan. Some had the 312ft, seven-bedroomed, Reymond
hen Beyonce and Jay-Z hit the headlines in 2018 when spotted out on one of the most prestigious yachts in the celebrity world, an
Langton-designed floating mansion at $200m, others moved it closer to $300m; while the cost to charter it was speculated to be anything from $1.2m to $1.8m per week.
What’s clear is that with the couple’s combined earnings last year topping $150m, they and their three children could relax on the palatial yacht knowing that they were undertaking the ultimate test run. And the reports from R‘n’B star Beyonce suggested she was overflowing with excitement over Kismet in much the same way as was the Jay-Z-branded Ace of Spades champagne pictured on board. “My knowledge begins and ends at entertaining, looking after my guests and ensuring everyone is having a good time,” said the 39-year-old in a way that was understated in one instance, and perfectly respectful of an incredible piece of nautical engineering in the other.
Perhaps the couple’s love of that particular yacht. The former Destiny’s Child singer couldn’t have picked a better named vessel – Kismet meaning ‘destiny’ in Khan’s native Urdu.
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