Since 1982, 2–8a Rutland Gate has been owned by Yunak Corporation, registered in the Dutch Antilles tax haven of Curaçao. The house was the London residence of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon and billionaire businessman Rafic Hariri, until his assassination in 2005. Following Hariri's death, the house was given as a gift to the then–Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928–2011), who had business links with Hariri. In 2012, 2–8a Rutland Gate was reported to be for sale at an asking price of £300 million, which would have made it the most expensive house in Britain if realized, surpassing the £140 million paid for Park Place in Berkshire by the Russian banker Andrey Borodin.