While many of us live our lives in a small hovel we call home, there are plenty of others at the opposite end of the spectrum, living in some of the world's most fantastically expensive houses. Some of these properties are available on the open market - if you have enough money. Some are not. But all of them join a unique club of some of the world's costliest places to live.
1. BUCKINGHAM PALACE - $1,560,000,000
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That's right - $1.56 billion. Buckingham Palace was estimated to be worth that by the Nationwide Building Society in 2012, a significant increase from its worth of $17 million in 1953, when Queen Elizabeth II first ascended the throne. Likewise, as the official residence of every monarch since Queen Victoria in 1837, it would take a revolution to ever see this property up for sale.
