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Photos: Saudi prince who bought Joan Rivers' penthouse is 'ripping it to shreds'

  • <p>Apparently Mideast royalty isn't necessarily a fan of French royalty. Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd is reportedly gut-renovating Joan Rivers' palatial Manhattan apartment, which she once described as "Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger." The neighbors are said to be "shocked." <a href="http://yhoo.it/1SboX3D" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><b>Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.</b></a><br><br>The entryway to Joan Rivers' home is up these stairs. All of the photos of the penthouse show the way it looked before the prince paid $28 million for it.</p>
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    Apparently Mideast royalty isn't necessarily a fan of French royalty. Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd is reportedly gut-renovating Joan Rivers' palatial Manhattan apartment, which she once described as "Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger." The neighbors are said to be "shocked." Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.

    The entryway to Joan Rivers' home is up these stairs. All of the photos of the penthouse show the way it looked before the prince paid $28 million for it.

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  • This is "how Marie Antoinette would have lived, if she'd had the money," Rivers quipped.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    This is "how Marie Antoinette would have lived, if she'd had the money," Rivers quipped.
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  • The music room is one of two rooms open to the upper level, and it likely operated as a music room/entertaining space for the original mansion's owner, John R. Drexel.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    The music room is one of two rooms open to the upper level, and it likely operated as a music room/entertaining space for the original mansion's owner, John R. Drexel.
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  • The home has five fireplaces throughout.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    The home has five fireplaces throughout.
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  • Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd brought an architect and designers in almost immediately after his purchase, and now he's "ripping it to shreds," sources tell the Daily Mail and the New York Post.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd brought an architect and designers in almost immediately after his purchase, and now he's "ripping it to shreds," sources tell the Daily Mail and the New York Post.
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  • The new neighbor has co-op residents "worried about not only the disruption of construction, but the prospect of big entourages and gun-toting bodyguards," the Post says.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    The new neighbor has co-op residents "worried about not only the disruption of construction, but the prospect of big entourages and gun-toting bodyguards," the Post says.
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  • The music room and ballroom, effectively just extremely opulent sitting and gathering rooms, did actually once function according to their names.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    The music room and ballroom, effectively just extremely opulent sitting and gathering rooms, did actually once function according to their names.
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  • A closer view of the fireplace.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    A closer view of the fireplace.
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  • The library could double as a bedroom, really.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    The library could double as a bedroom, really.
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  • Plush red velvet chairs introduce a new shade to the pink-and-cream-themed abode.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    Plush red velvet chairs introduce a new shade to the pink-and-cream-themed abode.
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  • Joan's office, where she kept stacks and files of her jokes, and worked on new material. Here's where her little monogramed pillows rested.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    Joan's office, where she kept stacks and files of her jokes, and worked on new material. Here's where her little monogramed pillows rested.
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  • This is a more casual living space.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    This is a more casual living space.
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  • "The whole Palace of Versailles thing is going," <a href="http://dailym.ai/1i2SdyU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:an insider told the Daily Mail;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">an insider told the Daily Mail</a>, but "it looks like all traces of Joan's style will be erased. ... First Joan died. Now her condo is dying. But that is life, it is constantly changing."
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    "The whole Palace of Versailles thing is going," an insider told the Daily Mail, but "it looks like all traces of Joan's style will be erased. ... First Joan died. Now her condo is dying. But that is life, it is constantly changing."
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  • Even the bathroom, one of five total, is decked out in gold and rose.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    Even the bathroom, one of five total, is decked out in gold and rose.
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  • The master bedroom has its own terrace, and is the only bedroom on the upper level (along with some staff quarters), so it also overlooks the ballroom and music room.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    The master bedroom has its own terrace, and is the only bedroom on the upper level (along with some staff quarters), so it also overlooks the ballroom and music room.
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  • One of the homes' two balconies, this one overlooks Central Park.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    One of the homes' two balconies, this one overlooks Central Park.
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  • A bedroom in Joan's home. There are four bedrooms, along with a two-bedroom guest suite in the 11-room apartment.
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    A bedroom in Joan's home. There are four bedrooms, along with a two-bedroom guest suite in the 11-room apartment.
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  • Tributes and flowers sit outside Joan Rivers' Upper East Side Manhattan home on September 6, 2014. She died on September 4, 2014, after suffering respiratory and cardiac arrest during surgery on August 28, 2014. (Photo by Rob Kim/GC Images)
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    Tributes and flowers sit outside Joan Rivers' Upper East Side Manhattan home on September 6, 2014. She died on September 4, 2014, after suffering respiratory and cardiac arrest during surgery on August 28, 2014. (Photo by Rob Kim/GC Images)
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  • Melissa Rivers and her mother, Joan Rivers, attend the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Upfronts on May 15, 2014, in New York City.
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    Melissa Rivers and her mother, Joan Rivers, attend the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Upfronts on May 15, 2014, in New York City.
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  • The inset photo of Joan Rivers was taken at a signing of her book "Diary of a Mad Diva" in July 2014 by Amanda Edwards, Getty Images.<br><br>Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd is reportedly gut-renovating Joan Rivers' palatial Manhattan apartment, which she once described as "Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger" and as "how Marie Antoinette would have lived, if she'd had the money." The neighbors are said to be "shocked." <a href="http://yhoo.it/1SboX3D" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><b>Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.</b></a><br><br><b>Also on Yahoo Homes: </b><br><br>• <a href="http://yhoo.it/1EWL7AK" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:$135M is asking price for estate owned by ... Danny Thomas?! (21 photos);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">$135M is asking price for estate owned by ... Danny Thomas?! (21 photos)</a><br> • <a href="http://yhoo.it/1JYb4aI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Neil Young adds getaway to Hawaii's $20M-plus club (25 photos);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Neil Young adds getaway to Hawaii's $20M-plus club (25 photos)</a><br> • <a href="http://yhoo.it/1Np8H15" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Giudice mansion headed for foreclosure, beach house bombs at auction (51 photos);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Giudice mansion headed for foreclosure, beach house bombs at auction (51 photos)</a>
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    Photos: Joan Rivers' palatial penthouse

    The inset photo of Joan Rivers was taken at a signing of her book "Diary of a Mad Diva" in July 2014 by Amanda Edwards, Getty Images.

    Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd is reportedly gut-renovating Joan Rivers' palatial Manhattan apartment, which she once described as "Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger" and as "how Marie Antoinette would have lived, if she'd had the money." The neighbors are said to be "shocked." Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.

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    • $135M is asking price for estate owned by ... Danny Thomas?! (21 photos)
    • Neil Young adds getaway to Hawaii's $20M-plus club (25 photos)
    • Giudice mansion headed for foreclosure, beach house bombs at auction (51 photos)
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<p>Apparently Mideast royalty isn't necessarily a fan of French royalty. Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd is reportedly gut-renovating Joan Rivers' palatial Manhattan apartment, which she once described as "Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger." The neighbors are said to be "shocked." <a href="http://yhoo.it/1SboX3D" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><b>Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.</b></a><br><br>The entryway to Joan Rivers' home is up these stairs. All of the photos of the penthouse show the way it looked before the prince paid $28 million for it.</p>
This is "how Marie Antoinette would have lived, if she'd had the money," Rivers quipped.
The music room is one of two rooms open to the upper level, and it likely operated as a music room/entertaining space for the original mansion's owner, John R. Drexel.
The home has five fireplaces throughout.
Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd brought an architect and designers in almost immediately after his purchase, and now he's "ripping it to shreds," sources tell the Daily Mail and the New York Post.
The new neighbor has co-op residents "worried about not only the disruption of construction, but the prospect of big entourages and gun-toting bodyguards," the Post says.
The music room and ballroom, effectively just extremely opulent sitting and gathering rooms, did actually once function according to their names.
A closer view of the fireplace.
The library could double as a bedroom, really.
Plush red velvet chairs introduce a new shade to the pink-and-cream-themed abode.
Joan's office, where she kept stacks and files of her jokes, and worked on new material. Here's where her little monogramed pillows rested.
This is a more casual living space.
"The whole Palace of Versailles thing is going," <a href="http://dailym.ai/1i2SdyU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:an insider told the Daily Mail;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">an insider told the Daily Mail</a>, but "it looks like all traces of Joan's style will be erased. ... First Joan died. Now her condo is dying. But that is life, it is constantly changing."
Even the bathroom, one of five total, is decked out in gold and rose.
The master bedroom has its own terrace, and is the only bedroom on the upper level (along with some staff quarters), so it also overlooks the ballroom and music room.
One of the homes' two balconies, this one overlooks Central Park.
A bedroom in Joan's home. There are four bedrooms, along with a two-bedroom guest suite in the 11-room apartment.
Tributes and flowers sit outside Joan Rivers' Upper East Side Manhattan home on September 6, 2014. She died on September 4, 2014, after suffering respiratory and cardiac arrest during surgery on August 28, 2014. (Photo by Rob Kim/GC Images)
Melissa Rivers and her mother, Joan Rivers, attend the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Upfronts on May 15, 2014, in New York City.
The inset photo of Joan Rivers was taken at a signing of her book "Diary of a Mad Diva" in July 2014 by Amanda Edwards, Getty Images.<br><br>Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd is reportedly gut-renovating Joan Rivers' palatial Manhattan apartment, which she once described as "Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger" and as "how Marie Antoinette would have lived, if she'd had the money." The neighbors are said to be "shocked." <a href="http://yhoo.it/1SboX3D" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><b>Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.</b></a><br><br><b>Also on Yahoo Homes: </b><br><br>• <a href="http://yhoo.it/1EWL7AK" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:$135M is asking price for estate owned by ... Danny Thomas?! (21 photos);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">$135M is asking price for estate owned by ... Danny Thomas?! (21 photos)</a><br> • <a href="http://yhoo.it/1JYb4aI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Neil Young adds getaway to Hawaii's $20M-plus club (25 photos);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Neil Young adds getaway to Hawaii's $20M-plus club (25 photos)</a><br> • <a href="http://yhoo.it/1Np8H15" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Giudice mansion headed for foreclosure, beach house bombs at auction (51 photos);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Giudice mansion headed for foreclosure, beach house bombs at auction (51 photos)</a>
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Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Fahd is reportedly gut-renovating Joan Rivers' palatial Manhattan apartment, which she once described as "Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger" and as "how Marie Antoinette would have lived, if she'd had the money." The neighbors are said to be "shocked." Click here to read more about it on Yahoo Homes.

Also on Yahoo Homes:

• $135M is asking price for estate owned by ... Danny Thomas?! (21 photos)
• Neil Young adds getaway to Hawaii's $20M-plus club (25 photos)
• Giudice mansion headed for foreclosure, beach house bombs at auction (51 photos)