Britain's richest gypsy, Alfie Best, spoke exclusively with MailOnline about his departure to Monaco and why he would never move back to 'broken Britain'.
Looking out over the sparkling harbour of Monte Carlo, where his £10m superyacht will soon be moored, as he browses apartments in the £20-25m bracket to find a place to park his £500,000 Rolls Royce Spectre, 'billionaire gypsy' Alfie Best can't help breaking into song.
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline to mark his departure from Britain, Best told us: 'It is true I will not pay any income tax….I am going to start a business here and have no intention of returning to the UK.' And he also blames a hostile environment to entrepreneurs like himself for which he blames politicians.
'It is no longer Great Britain but Broken Britain. If you are a successful businessman, you are punished by the taxman and I have had enough of that. I have been chased for seven years and have had enough of that. As someone who has enjoyed the spoils of fabulous wealth, from a personal helicopter with the registration G-PSYE to a fleet of luxury cars, Best knows he will fit in perfectly well among the rich and famous who call Monaco their homeThe delivery of a £500,000 Rolls Royce Spectre car in the summer will certainly make him feel more at home among the endless Ferrari's and Bentleys cruising around the narrow, twisting roads of Monte Carlo that next month hosts the F1 Grand Prix.
It was the springboard to set up Wyldecrest Parks and he established his first mobile home park in Essex at the age of 30. Over half the 38,000 residents in the principality overseen by Prince Albert can claim to be a millionaires, but few if any have a rags to riches story as incredible as Best's His back story has led to appearance on 'Undercover Boss' and a documentary on Amazon called 'Gypsy Billionaire' and charting his success.She will later join him in Monaco as they embark on a new life that has seen Best start to learn French and plot to expand his mobile home empire into France as well as the US.
Like Best they were all attracted by the zero-income tax but the warm weather, stunning sea views from the cluster of high-rise flats overlooking the port and relaxed way of life with the Cote D'Azur a short drive away were also factors. Best was scathing of Rishi Sunak who he had such faith in when he was elected Prime Minister but no longer believes has the interests of wealth creators at heart
'When Rishi became Prime Minister, I thought it would be like the second coming of Christ. Here was a man who understood all about the entrepreneur spirit and to help drive business forward in the UK,'he said. Best said the taxman uses the super-rich as a 'money tree' and is angry at the way they have hounded him and others over the years
'Lots of entrepreneurs have left the UK but look at America and they all still live there. You have to ask why that is, and I believe it is because they are not treated the same as we are in the UK. They are encouraged and treated fairly.' He has a prime seat for next month's Grand Prix and recently dined with singer Shirley Bassey, one of a number of celebrities who enjoy the glitzy, glamourous lifestyle that goes with being a resident.
'It's not just the lovely weather here that is so nice, but I feel there are opportunities here for an entrepreneur that no longer exist in the UK.'I am sad to say that, but I will not be the first entrepreneur who leaves. In preparation for his move away he had a 'fire sale' of his luxury car collection with a 300mph Bugatti Chiron and 250mph Veyron selling for over £3m.The £4.5million seven-seater Airbus ACH130 helicopter, styled by sports car makers Aston Martin, which boasts the production number 007 and registration G-YPSE on the fuselage, was also sold.
While many of the trappings of his millionaire lifestyle in the UK have disappeared, he has still retained his £10m yacht called Wyldecrest - It is moored a few miles from Monaco
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