Online Reporter
Robson Sharuko
H-Metro Editor
IT has been dubbed the Gift of Kings.
The Rolls Royce Cullinan Series’ romance with royalty started after it was given to King Charles III as a coronation gift by the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa al-KHalifa.
Sky News Australia dubbed it a “very expensive ultra-luxury” beast which was favoured by A-List celebrities like Kylie Jenner and Mike Tyson and was loved by the Kardashians.
“The 76-year-old monarch was gifted a Rolls Royce Cullinan Series II, worth a cool US$895,000 plus on-road costs just before his coronation on May 6, 2023,” Sky News reported.
Now, the 2025 version of this beast, which will be more expensive considering the improvements and personalised additions, has just been gifted to Prophet Uebert Angel as a gift by businessman Wicknell Chivayo.
Wicknell likes to call himself Sir, which has strong British connections and, maybe, that’s where he picked the idea that a gift handed to the monarch is the ultimate gift he can give to the man he calls “the greatest prophet of our generation.”
Prophet Angel’s gift, once all the specifications have been factored into, should be delivered by December this year.
Sources told H-Metro yesterday that the car alone will cost an equivalent of US$1,2million by the time it lands in Harare.
Wicknell has also donated a Lexus GX 550 worth US$210,000 to Uebert Angel’s wife Bebe while their son Prophet Seer will be given a Bentley GT Continental 2025 worth about US$670,000.
This means that Wicknell will spend more than US$2 million worth of luxury cars on Angel’s family in the prophet’s birthday celebrations.
It should rank as one of the biggest cash expenditures, in car gifts, to a single family in birthday celebrations, in the world.
How do other high-profile birthday gifts compare?
RUSSELL BRAND AND KATE PERRY
Brand bought Perry tickets for a flight on Sir Richard Branson’s ‘Virgin Galactic’ spacecraft as a birthday present. The adventure meant that passengers would feel weightlessness for about minutes, just like an astronaut. The tickets were for US$200,000.
KANYE WEST AND KIM
KARDASHIAN
Kanye bought Kim 10 Burger Kings which were located in the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy as a birthday present.
MIKE TYSON AND ROBIN GIVENS
Mike Tyson bought Robin Givens, when the pair was still married, a pure gold bathtub which was worth US$2 million as a birthday present.
BEYONCE AND JAY-Z
Beyonce splashed more than US$1,5 million on a Bugatti Veyron to celebrate the birthday of her husband Jay-Z. this was done to beat Jay-Z’s US$1 million Rolls Royce gift for her birthday the previous year.
RICHARD BURTON AND LIZ TAYLOR
Actor Richard Burton gave his wife Elizabeth Taylor a diamond which was worth US$1 million in 1972 as a birthday present. This was a rare 69.42 carat diamond and had come from South Africa. When Taylor auctioned the diamond six years later it fetched US$5 million.
