England has been put up for sale. Its current owners Liz and Phil are planning to retire to Greece and have decided to cash in. They did have an option of leaving England to their children to run, but the current economic crisis has made that unlikely.
Liz and Phil have owned England for a number of years. Originally England was part of a united set and also contained some overseas properties. Gradually as time went on the portfolio shrank. Now England is on its own and is worth considerably less than it used to be.
It is thought that there will be many interested buyers. Rock star Madonna is interested provided England has plenty of small African children for her to adopt. Several Russian oligarchs are also interested as the Kremlin is cracking down on them. England would be an ideal safe haven.
Whoever buys England will have some ceremonial duties to perform. However there is a generous guaranteed income, several country estates and some expensive jewelry.
Estate agents Grabbitt and Scarper are handling the sale and expect a price in the region of £1.
