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The day is getting long, the dishes aren’t done yet, the e-mails are not all answered -  and suddenly London’s Mail on Sunday offers the opportunity to sink into the black hole of learning more about the rich.

Photo (reproduced with permission, Rick Malman/Alinghi): Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi is the current holder of the sailing world’s America’s Cup. Here, October 2007, he looks at models of "J hull" sailing vessels in the model room of the New York Yacht Club, the Cup’s original home.

While the Sunday Times in Britain churned out its number-heavy list of the country’s wealthiest people the Daily Mail, true to form, spewed curious bits of information about them. We learn that Kirsty Bertarelli nearly died of meningitis when she was young. Her mother is quoted as saying of the daughter’s marriage to a wealthy Swiss man, "You never know what will happen in life. Nobody knows how they are going to end up." I hope she managed a brighter toast than that at the wedding, if women were allowed to toast. No news here on why the Bertarellis are suddenly considered British, while Forbes and Swiss authorities seem to consider them Swiss residents. Spain, France and New York seem to be the places where Ernesto Bertarello spends most of his time these days.

We also learn that Prince Charles is not listed despite having a sizable fortune estimated at

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