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The swimming pool stretches 215ft into the distance under a cloudless Montenegrin sky.
Superyachts, models and the infinity pool - welcome to Nat Rothschild's £1m birthday party.
Giant silver glitter balls float serenely on its surface while all around workmen saw, hammer and polish in last-minute preparations for what promises to be the party of the century for this tiny, newly-independent nation.
While the rest of the world struggles to come to terms with an era of austerity, there will be no such concerns tonight for Nat Rothschild, the billionaire British investment banker, as he celebrates his 40th birthday with an elite band of 400 fabulously wealthy friends.
The Oxford-educated entrepreneur, the scion of the Rothschild banking dynasty and one of the world's most eligible bachelors, is spending an estimated £1 million on three days of lavish celebrations in Porto Montenegro, a £518 million new marina resort on the Adriatic Coast.
He is one of the main investors in the exclusive development of boutiques, apartments and restaurants which, when finished in a few years' time, will provide berths for 630 yachts and aim to out-bling the likes of St Tropez and Monte Carlo.
