The third in line here in the US just dropped $25M on a house in a state with no income tax. There is nothing like a 10,000 square foot house on an island as far away from the people you represent as possible so they can't find you there and make you feel guilty. Cake for everyone.
A new biography of this person who has held this A++ position on two separate occasions including right now has a biography coming out which confirms the details of a story that has long been rumored. When he was a young man, the person's close family member was put on trial along with 13 other young men for the week long rape and imprisonment of two young girls. Another close family member held an A+ position where they lived. He was in the courtroom every day staring down the jury and the judge. At the end of the trial, 12 out of the 13 men were found guilty. The one who wasn't? The close family member. Of course strings were pulled.
It could be the ultimate honey trap. The trap part though generally requires the person to feel some type of guilt they were trapped. That is the part that gives the blackmailing person or government the leverage. In this case though, this permanent A list celebrity in his area of the country was happy to be honey trapped as much as companies or governments wanted. He has an understanding with his wife, so he wasn't going to be shamed or blackmailed.