Forget Windsor Castle this summer, why not visit this medieval castle in Kent owned by Real Housewives of Toronto star Ann Kaplan Mulholland. Ann, 63, gave us a guided tour of the venue and opened up about her extraordinary life that saw her go from a struggling single mum-of-two who moved out at 14 to one half of a billionaire power couple with multiple properties and businesses across the globe. Sporting a 24-carat diamond engagement ring worth around half a million pounds, the reality star and mum-of-eight asks staff to light the fireplace dating back to 1080 as she sits on a red throne-like chair in her new reception room.
Originally from British Columbia, Canada, Ann bought Lympne Castle for £5.5million in cash in February 2023. “The assessment value is around £44million,” Ann tells the Mirror .
“The last offer on the table was £11million, we offered £6.5million in cash”. But after receiving the survey report back, Ann knocked off £1million for repairs, leaving her famous plastic surgeon husband Dr Stephen Mulholland, 63, terrified they had lost the character property in Hythe.
“My husband flipped out,” Ann explains. “He told me to just give them the £6.5million but the survey found all the electrics, drainage and everything in the castle needed to be replaced.
I told them we can pay £5.5million in cash tomorrow morning by 10am and they accepted the offer.” The power couple are now working around the clock to transform the centuries-old castle, wit.