British football star David Beckham is planning to take his wife Victoria to the very exclusive Necker island for their wedding anniversary.

The two have been married for 10 years now.

“Becks has pulled in a few favours. He bought Victoria a lot of other gifts to mark the occasion but the big surprise is the holiday to Necker.

Last month’s Robb Report has announced that timber magnate Tim Blixseth will accept $75 million for his 5 acre Caribbean island of Emerald Cay, or swap it for a Gulfstream Jet or a luxury New York apartment.

Blixseth bought the island half-finished about three years ago, and then completed the construction.

He originally planned on using the island as part of his Yellowstone Club World luxury residence club, but the club recently filed for bankruptcy.

Dreaming of a tropical paradise to call your own? Several Australian islands off the Great Barrier Reef are on sale, and thanks to the global recession, they’re cheaper than they used to be.

Global real estate agency Coldwell Banker’s Capricorn Coast branch is offering 9 islands, some with luxury mansions and other amenities, around the Great Barrier Reef with prices starting at $1.3 million and up to $90 million.

One island on offer, Long Island, has seen its $6.5 million price tag slashed by 42 per cent. Others are being advertised for almost half what they cost about a year ago.

The world’s most expensive private island that we could locate is Niihau, Hawaii. The island is referred to as ‘the forbidden island’ and is Hawaii’s smallest inhabited island.

There are roughly 250 residents of the 72 square mile island who live without roads, hotels, restaurants and electricity.

The island is a native Hawaiian preserve and it is the only island in the state where the primary language is still Hawaiian.

Niihau is owned by the Robinson family of Kaua’i and is estimated to be worth $100 million USD.

Like many expatriates, Safi Qurashi misses home.

But now the Dubai-based shopkeeper’s son from South London has solved the problem. He has bought Great Britain.

Mr Qurashi, 39, has paid £43 million for the Britain-shaped island in The World, a man-made archipelago off the coast of Dubai, where each piece of land represents a different country, state or city.

Who hasn’t fantasized about getting away from it all on your own Caribbean private island?

Musha Cay is probably one of the most luxurious private resort island in the world, with more than 150 acres of sparkling white sugar-sand beaches, crystal-clear turquoise waters and a beautiful, unspoiled tropical environment.

Located in the Exuma Chain in the southern Bahamas, 85 miles southeast of Nassau, Musha Cay is an isle of beauty.