Tales of Wretched Excess: Client Offers British Nanny Annual Salary Of $200,000

If you think Linda Evangelista is over-paying for child care in New York, imagine what she would be paying in London.

According to an article in The Times of London by Fiona Neill, the mega-rich Russians, Sheikhs and Chinese pouring into London in recent years have jacked up the cost of a British nanny. A British staffing agency called Imperial Nannies cited a Russian client who wanted to poach a nanny from another family. Their salary offer: $200,000 a year.

Then there was the Imperial Nanny client with three kids who employed a nanny for each child — at around $130,000 a year. These aren’t the norm, of course….

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