Is it possible to spend $2 million a hat? The answer is "yes" if the hat once belonged to the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. An iconic hat that Napoleon is most famous was sold at an auction this week for $2.1 million. This is a record a hat, so it is the most expensive piece of headwear ever sold. The auction sale broke the previous record a hat, which was $2 million. That hat also once belonged to Napoleon. A historian said Napoleon liked hats and owned 120 of them. This week's record-breaking hat is made felt and has the red, white and blue colours of the French flag on it. Experts say it dates back the early 1800s. Thousands artists have created paintings Napoleon wearing it.
Napoleon is one France's most famous historical figures. He was a general who played a key part the French Revolution 1787-1799. He helped to take the French government, and then became emperor of France 1804. His reign as emperor came to an end in 1815 after he lost the Battle of Waterloo to the British. He was sent to live a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean called St. Helena. He died there six years later in 1821, aged 51. The auction of his hat coincides the release a new Hollywood movie about his rise to power, and his relationship the empress Josephine. The movie is called "Napoleon". It is directed Ridley Scott and stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Josephine.
