Footage taken today (April 9) shows the California penthouse owned by the chancellor’s wife, Akshata Murthy, which will reportedly be the venue for couple’s Easter getaway.

Despite recent footage of Sunak filling up a hatchback at Sainsbury’s in the UK, commentators suggest the scene may be worlds apart from his actual lifestyle.

The £5m apartment is in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California. According to the Guardian, the flat, which the couple are reported to be visiting over the Easter holidays, is valued at $7.2m (£5.5m) by US property website Redfin and boasts sweeping views of the world-famous Santa Monica pier and the Pacific ocean beyond.

Murthy, the daughter of the billionaire founder of Infosys, the Indian tech giant, bought the penthouse apartment – one of four in the Waverly complex on Ocean Avenue – directly from the developer in June 2014.

Estate agents for the six-storey building, built in 2013, boast that the penthouses come with “large private outdoor terraces unlike anything ever seen before on Ocean Avenue”. Residents are promised the apartments will provide “the epitome of urban Santa Monica beach living” with “stunning views of the Santa Monica mountain” and where you “wake up to the sound of waves crashing against the shore”.
Santa Monica is the sixth most expensive address in the US, with median average house prices hitting $4.1m in November 2021, according to data from Property Shark.