£20,000 birthday celebrations, £1,500 of designer clothes a week, a motorbike, two cars he's too young to drive and much more besides.....is this Britain's most spoilt teenager?
16 year old Jordan Smith may appear to be just another teenager (although his penchant for wearing a trilby hat, ‘fur’ coat and carrying a cane may give you a clue that he’s not your run of the mill adolescent) but look a little closer and you’ll see that he is surely deserving of the title of ‘most spoilt teenager in Britain’.
He owns two cars (despite being too young to legally take them on the road), a motorbike, a moped, a jet ski and £10,000 worth of quad bikes.
His bedroom (which, of course, is huge and complete with a large en-suite bathroom) is home to no less than three laptops, a 40” plasma TV, satellite & cable channels and all of the latest gaming consoles, not to mention a designer wardrobe jam packed with the expensive clothes that his mother spends up to £1,500 a week treating him to.
In the last year alone his mother, Suzanne Dickenson, has lavished him with gifts worth an astonishing £52,100 and that’s not even taking into account the extravagant gifts and celebrations she has planned for when he turns 17 in May.
His ‘gift list’ already includes a specially constructed log-cabin next to the family’s home so he has somewhere private to ‘hang out’, a shopping trip to New York and a customised Vauxhall Corsa car - despite the fact that he already received a brand new Renault Clio worth £5,000 for his last birthday - and is still unable to drive.
While some may see this £20,000 birthday celebration as somewhat excessive – particularly in such financially unsteady times – it’s little compared to the festivities he enjoyed for his 16th birthday.
After watching MTV’s ‘My Super Sweet 16’ with her son, Suzanne was determined to throw Jordan a bash brash enough to feature on the music channel’s ‘flash the cash’ programme. As such she hired a country house, recreated an Ibiza nightclub inside (complete with a red carpet, famous radio DJ and professional dancers) and invited 500 guests to help celebrate her son’s birthday in style.
'I was so proud. Jordan looked like he was a pop star,' she said.
Unsurprisingly, Jordan (who is currently studying carpentry at college) has set his sights high and, with more than a little encouragement from his doting mother, is determined on a life in the limelight.
'Because of the life my mum's given me, I can't see my destiny as a carpenter. I've had a taste of fame and I liked it. It was great fun being the centre of attention.' He said.
While it would seem reasonable to assume that Jordan is a member of the aristocracy or the heir to some tycoon’s wealth, this is simply not the case. He lives in Groesfaen, Wales with his parents and two younger brothers, Kean and Thai.
Self-made-millionaire (on paper) Mum, Suzanne, works relentlessly at her furniture business to fund the ‘rich and famous’ lifestyle she believes her boys deserve: “I vowed my own family would never want for anything - the best clothes, toys and holidays. " This is a promise she seems intent on keeping.
Jordan insists, however, that despite his privileged upbringing he is still completely grounded: "I am lucky because whatever I ask for, Mum buys for me. But although people often think that because of all the money, I'll be big headed, they find me very down-to-earth." He said.
"If she [Mum] can't afford it one month, I say don't worry, you can buy it next month"
'Buying stuff for me makes Mum happy - if I'm happy, she's happy.
Grounded.....indeed.
