The likes of Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Spielberg have all entered the restaurant business and failed miserably, so perhaps future celebrities will follow in the footsteps of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In 2008, the Crown Estate purchased Bath Road Retail Park in Slough for £92 million. Visible from the Queens State Apartments at Windsor Castle, the site includes branches of Argos, B&Q, Boots and McDonalds. The Crown Estate said: We are a reliable purchaser in this difficult market.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
