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The property includes a 5-star hotel, a 27-hole golf course, 13 tennis courts, and a restaurant.
Ambani, who's worth $71.5 billion, is Asia's richest person and the 13th-wealthiest person in the world.
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Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani - Asia's richest man - just bought an iconic English estate for 57 million pounds, or about $79 million, Debjit Chakraborty reported for Bloomberg.
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Ambani's newest purchase, Stoke Park, is a historic estate that sits on 300 acres of parkland and gardens in the English countryside, about 25 miles outside of London.
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Ambani purchased the estate from the King brothers, Chester, Hertford, and Witney, who have owned the estate through their family business, International Group, since 1988.
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Stoke Park has a history dating back more than 900 years, but most of the current estate was developed by a soldier and scholar named John Penn from 1790 to 1813.
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The property is famous for serving as a filming location for two James Bond films: 1964's "Goldfinger" and 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies."
Stoke Park seen in "Goldfinger."
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Stoke Park's five-star hotel has 49 rooms and suites where rates range between $265 and $1,030 per night.
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There are three restaurants and lounges, including Humphry's fine dining and a coffee shop called San Marco.
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Guests can enjoy afternoon tea at the Orangery.
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Other facilities include a spa with steam rooms and a Jacuzzi, as well as a 4,000-square-foot fitness center.
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The fitness center includes a 50-foot heated indoor pool.
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Each year, Stoke Park hosts a glitzy tennis event called Boodles, where some of the world's top tennis players - which have included Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic - play a tournament on the estate's grass courts a week before Wimbledon.
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Stoke Park's 27-hole championship golf course was created in 1908 by golf architect Harry Colt, and includes a putting green and a driving range.
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Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the deal with Reliance was negotiated over "a lot of Zoom calls," King said.