It's been quite the year for former president Donald Trump, who's been indicted four times in the past 12 months. Back in June, he was charged with 40 counts relating to the alleged mishandling of classified government files at his Mar-a-Lago estate, some of which were discovered in one of the property's gilded washrooms. With his trial date set for March 2024, let's take a look at Trump's other bathroom secrets. From the stolen solid-gold toilet to his Air Force Once ensuite, click or scroll through for more...
One part of the June indictment has proved particularly compelling: the photographs. Published alongside the document by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) the photographs show White House documents stored in a Mar-a-Lago ballroom, and even next to a toilet in a bathroom at the estate. In other surreal Trump toilet news, it came to light in 2022 via New York Times correspondent, Maggie Haberman’s tell-all book that while Trump was in office, White House staff would allegedly find wads of official printed papers clogging a toilet “and believed the president was responsible.” If true, it would be a “violation of the Presidential Records Act”, according to Courtney Chartier, president of the Society of American Archivists as reported by The Washington Post.
This eye-wateringly shiny toilet is made of solid gold, and was designed by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. Originally the golden WC was reportedly installed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. While president, the 18-karat latrine was offered to gold lover Donald Trump after declining his request to borrow Vincent Van Gogh’s 'Landscape with Snow' for the White House. Interestingly enough, Trump turned the gilded potty down. In 2019, the artwork, so-called ‘America’, was moved to Winston Churchill’s birthplace in Blenheim Palace, where it was shockingly stolen. Years later the culprits have still not been found and the mystery of the $4.8 million (£4m) toilet goes on...
The bathroom in Air Force One must have been a comedown for former President Trump if the master bath in his private Boeing 757 jet is anything to go by. The glitzy space has a soft leather-covered toilet, a gilded towel rail and a gold-plated sink.
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Boasting solid gold bathtubs, jewel-encrusted bidets, aquarium walls and other exceptionally expensive wonders, the world's most decadent bathrooms are unbelievably extravagant. Click or scroll through and feast your eyes on the world's crème de la crème of powder rooms and see how the other half like to soak in luxury...
While Trump might have turned his nose up at a gold toilet seat, another well-minted celeb is famous for his. Cash Money Records group founder, Birdman once owned this gleaming loo seat—worth a jaw-dropping $2 million (£1.6m). The golden throne came for sale with an eight-bedroom Miami mansion which was recently on the market at $35 million (£28.5m).
This next (once) lavish bathroom is found within former heavyweight boxer, Mike Tyson’s controversy-ridden (and some say cursed) mansion in Southington, Ohio. While the five-bedroom manse is brimming with luxury features such as plentiful marble, crystal and this bathtub reportedly worth $2 million (£1.6m) and even Tyson's escaped Bengal tiger, there’s no escaping the fact that three of its owners all ended up in jail. Hopefully to dispel its ‘cursed’ history, the abandoned building is now a place of worship having been passed on to the Living Word Sanctuary Church in 2014.
Like her sisters Kim and Kylie, Kendall Jenner is worth a fair bob and is deemed one of the highest-paid models in the world. The reality star-come-model expressed her desire to become a property flipper and love of interior design on a recent episode of The Kardashians, not least showcased in her own bathroom. Here she proudly presents her highly covetable, freestanding gold bathtub reportedly worth $40,000 (£32.7k).
Speaking of the Kardashians, billionaire Kim K wasn’t to be outdone by her little sister in the bathroom department this Christmas. Sharing her magical views to Instagram, the SKIMS founder excitedly showed off her bathroom balcony brimming with not one but nine twinkling fir trees—setting the scene for the festive season. It's putting our fairy lights-in-a-vase on the sink to shame.
Now let’s move from Kendal Jenner’s singular bathtub to these gold-plated bathtubs, basins and even toilets found throughout a five-star hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake Hotel even boasts a 24-karat gold-tiled infinity pool on the rooftop, if your gold-encrusted ensuite wasn’t enough bling to behold.
Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine and model wife, Behati Prinsloo snapped up a beautiful French-Regency style Holmby Hills mansion in 2017 for $18 million (£14.7m). The expectant parents then swiftly popped the 1960s manse back on the market reportedly less than six months later, letting us all gawp over their luxe interiors including this magnificent bathroom. One of seven bathrooms, it is encased in marble and adorned with draping curtains—beautifully lit via dressing room bulbs and chandeliers.
Should you wish to pay a visit to this particular ensuite, you’ll need a helicopter and some ID. Once belonging to Celine Dion, this fabulous bathroom can be found within a 24,000-square-foot stone mansion which sits on the diva’s former 20-acre private island in Quebec. With a beautiful ornate wooden bathtub hidden beneath a dramatic canopy above you’ll never want to leave the bathroom, never mind the island.
The Trump World Tower in Midtown Manhattan takes conspicuous consumption to a whole new level. This condo, which sold in 2013 for a whopping $9 million (£7.3m), is brimming with the most expensive marble money can buy, as well as a bona fide Andy Warhol Chanel No. 5 art piece.
More gold to behold now, but with a tale of corruption and lies to uncover beneath the cistern. Worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, Russian authorities reportedly unearthed a bribery scheme involving numerous traffic police officers in 2021. A video released during the probe made headlines with the police chief’s lavish home in Stavropol boasting a smorgasbord of golden furniture and furnishings, even found in the toilet bowls and bidets that sit atop marble flooring.
If gold isn’t your cup of tea, how about a walk-in shower made of bronze like Jason Derulo’s rather chic bathroom in his former Florida mansion? Complete with a rich wood-encased sink area, granite tops sing beneath hanging pendant lights and sumptuous dark walls. We bet he enjoyed singing his name in this particular bronze shower. Obviously one for luxe bathroom features, his Tarzana, California mansion also reportedly boasts a bar in the bathroom.
Nestled within a Grade II-listed chalet on the banks of the Thames, this bathroom is a masterclass in opulent excess. The home was listed in 2019 for $3.7 million (£3m) and the ostentatious bathing space contains a pair of $11,800 (£9.5k) copper bathtubs, bespoke Japanese toilets and gilded Italian wash basins worth $47,200 (£36k)—items only the super-rich can afford!
This blissful bathroom is the standout space in Hale Ku Mana, a sprawling Balinese-style mansion in Hawaii, which was sold by Concierge Auctions in 2013 for $13.5 million (£10.9m). Enveloped in lush greenery, the zen semi-outdoor room is the ultimate tranquil space to relax and unwind.
Located in Macau, China, The 13 hotel is obscenely high-end with absolutely zero expense spared on the bathrooms. This master ensuite takes your breath away with a stained glass rain shower, freestanding marble tub and gilded candelabras.
Guests who are wealthy enough to afford a night or more in the sumptuous Affresco Suite at Florence's Hotel Il Salviatino, a converted Renaissance palazzo, can gaze up at beautiful ceiling frescos while they relax in the bathroom's magnificent ancient stone tub.
Soaking in this whirlpool tub surrounded by colourful tropical fish has got to be heaven. The amazing aquarium bathroom was installed in a Renaissance-style mansion in Dallas that was listed and snapped up by a buyer in 2019 for just under $6 million (£4.8m).
The Honeymoon Suite at the high-end Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge is blessed with the most incredible space: an outdoor terrace bathroom where guests can watch elephants, lions and other big-game animals roam as they sip champagne in the tub.
The Royal Suite at Dubai's Burj Al Arab Hotel boasts super lavish interiors, with a master bathroom to boot. It ticks all the high-end boxes with a huge marble whirlpool tub, five-head rainfall shower and gold-plated fixtures.
Sneaking a peek inside a celebrity home is always interesting. Real Housewives of New Jersey star, Melissa Gorga has an enormous marble and wood fireplace in her swanky master bathroom, which is flashy even by New Jersey standards. The reality star's Montville mansion sold in December 2020 for $2.5 million (£2m).
The appropriately named Extreme WOW Suite at the W in Singapore is the last word in quirky luxury. The bathroom doesn't disappoint with a unique steel oval tub, a custom champagne ice wall and a bespoke chandelier among its many marvels.
Dictators tend to have a penchant for bling and lavish lairs, and Romania's Nicolae Ceaușescu was no exception. Almost every fixture in the master bathroom at the former presidential palace in Bucharest is made from solid gold, including the toilet paper holders and taps.
This bathroom in Anantara Kihavah Villas in the Maldives is to die for. As well as a sensational infinity pool, the stress-busting sanctuary transports guests to Nirvana with a glass-bottomed spa bathtub.
The legendary late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld turned his hand to interior design in 2017, revamping two suites at the impossibly luxurious Hôtel de Crillon in Paris. One of the highlights, this master bathroom has a tub carved from a single block of Carrera marble, weighing in at two tonnes. It's definitely as outrageous as some of these homes belonging to the world's fashion icons.
We can see why Chelster Hall in Oakville, Ontario, was once listed at $45 million (£36m). Like the other rooms in the mansion, the master ensuite is swoon-worthy, with a spa bath, ornate chandelier and gold-plated sinks.
The handiwork of Simmons Building, this ultra-spacious master bathroom belongs to a property on Jupiter Island. Complete with a massage space, it's one of the most impressive rooms in the oceanfront Florida estate that was custom-built in the early 2000s.
The entire contents of London's most luxurious mansion were auctioned in 2015 after the owner, a Saudi royal, failed to find a buyer willing to stump up the $367 million (£300m) asking price. Since then it was purchased by a Chinese tycoon for a record-breaking $258 million (£210m). In 2022 it hit the market yet again at $246 million (£200m). The lavish home includes jewel-encrusted bidets, Baldi baths and gold-plated fixtures.
One of America's most expensive properties, 924 Bel Air Road, was purchased in October 2019 for $94 million (£76m). The mansion has a total of 21 luxe bathrooms, including this grey marble one, which is kitted out with a spa bath, massive walk-in shower and leather double massage couch.
Over on the Upper West Side, this penthouse, which was sold in 2017 for $18.6 million (£15.2m), has a bathroom clad in semi-precious Lapis Lazuli stone with breathtaking views of the city from the sizeable spa tub.
A narcissist's dream bathroom, the glam flagship suite at the Le Royal Monceau Raffles Hotel in Paris, which was revamped in 2010 by the one and only Philippe Starck, rocks stunning geometric mirrors and super-chic mirrored furniture.
Another gorgeous bathroom with a ceiling fresco, this beauty looks like it belongs in a grand stately home, but the Baroque-inspired ensuite is actually located in a Florida mansion that was on the market in February 2016 for $7.9 million (£6.4m), and then mysteriously taken off the market later in the year.
The ultimate Art Deco bathroom, this spectacular space in London's Eltham Palace was created in the 1930s for Virginia Courtauld, who together with her husband Stephen Courtauld oversaw the stately home's refurb. It wows with onyx and gold tiles, and a swish marble bathtub.
The impossibly luxurious XXII Carat Villas in Dubai have numerous ultra-luxe USPs, but the most decadent has got to be the marble master bathrooms, which each contain an Amazonian rock crystal tub worth $1 million (£818k). The villas themselves start at $10.3 million (£8.4m).
Living up to its name and then some, the three bedroom Palace Suite bathroom at the Emirates Palace in Dubai is positively palatial. Dripping in fine marble, the capacious room has an oversized spa bathtub, gold-leaf double vanity sinks, not to mention a fabulous chandelier.
The interior designers tasked with decorating the Emperor's Suite at the Empire Hotel in Brunei clearly maxed out their budget—even this small bathroom has real gold accents, including with a 24-karat-plated towel rail holder, toilet brush and taps.
The decadent master bathroom in this Georgia mansion certainly wouldn't look out of place in the Palace of Versailles thanks to the copious gilding and fine marble tiling and columns.
Likewise, this uber-elegant 18th century-style bathroom looks like it was created for Marie Antoinette. Featuring expensive marble, embellished wall panels, gilding, frescos and more, the Royal Suite bathroom at the Four Seasons in Florence is regal to a T.
The Underwater Suite bathroom at Dubai's Atlantis the Palm Hotel has heart-stopping floor-to-ceiling windows that look out into the Ambassador lagoon, which teems with marine life. You'd never want to get out of the tub!
The Mandrake Hotel in London's Fitzrovia has one of the most sensational bathrooms in the capital. The penthouse space blows away the competition with a marble whirlpool tub fitted with disco lights, a retractable roof for stargazing and an eye-catching gold leaf and ostrich feather lamp.
The striking black and gold ensuite in the Maharani Suite at Jodhpur's historic Umaid Bhawan Palace Hotel gives the Eltham Palace masterpiece a run for its money when it comes to crowning the most luxurious Art Deco bathroom.
One of the star rooms in this Virginia mansion, which was listed in 2014 for $4.3 million (£3.5m), is the master bathroom. It raises the bar with ornate gilding and panelling, a spacious spa bath, an antique sofa and a fireplace, as well as a steam room and steam shower.
The Ritz-Carlton's poshest bathroom, which is decked out with an inviting whirlpool tub and a truckload of pricey Italian marble, offers the most jaw-dropping views of the dramatic Hong Kong skyline.
Just in case your eyes aren't too tired after looking at so much gold, here's another gilded bathroom. This one graces a French château-style property in Canterbury, Australia, which sold for around $8.5 million (£6.9m) in 2015.
This dazzling $3.5 million (£2.9m) washroom was built in 2001 by Law Sai-wing, a Chinese jewellery tycoon, in his famous Swisshorn Gold Palace in Hong Kong. The toilet, listed as the most expensive in the world by Guinness World Records, was crafted in solid 24-karat gold, and the ceiling is studded with thousands of gemstones.
The insanely wealthy gold magnate went one better in 2006 when he installed a showroom loaded with two tonnes of the yellow stuff, complete with a bathtub made from solid gold, 24-karat toilets and gold ingot walls. The cost? At the time it was said to have cost a staggering $38.5 million (£31m).
Floating Seahorse Villas in Dubai each have an underwater marble bathroom with floor to ceiling windows – an awesome luxury that definitely doesn't come cheap.
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