Swine Flu Free barber who gets 15,000 pounds for a hair cut!

London, Aug 23 (PTI) It may appear to be above the cut, but a barber in Britain gets 15,000 pounds for trimming Sultan of Brunei’s hair.

Ken Modestou, who runs a barber’s at the Dorchester hotel in central London, was recently flown over to Brunei and given a self-contained suite on Singapore Airlines flight for the 7,000-mile trip to the Sultanate.

The cabin, which costs just under 11,000 pounds, was deemed necessary as the 63-year-old Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah wanted to ensure his barber was isolated from possible swine flu among other passengers, ‘The Sunday Times’ reported.

While Modestou’s clients at the Dorchester pay 30 pounds for a haircut, the Sultan, whose fortune is estimated at 12 billion pounds, gives him several thousand dollars in cash each time, apart from the flight and hotel accommodation for three to four nights.