Lot 04:
The UK’s Continental Shelf
Estimate: £1,500,000,000
Lot 04, ladies and gentlemen, is the chance to own the UK’s Continental Shelf. Yep Queenie owns this too. And yep…you’re basically gonna be fighting with the dude that bought the seabed. To give you some geographical distinction, you would technically own anything that is geologically part of the continental crust - basically the rock that lies below the sand. According to the 1964 Continental Shelf Act decreed, owning the continental shelf will also give you ownership over the minerals contained within. However, any coal, oil and gas deposits would belong to the government (but I’m sure there’s a deal to be done there…it is Boris Johnston at the end of the day - everything’s for sale!)