A massive poster of Sabrina Ho welcomed guests to her wonderfully crazy house party at the Cafe Royal on Monday 12th September, hot on the heels of Saturday night’s revels at Queen Charlotte’s Ball, where she’d been escorted by Archduke Alexander of Austria. The party ran on high octane from the 1st moment whenever a whole tray of champagne flew high in the air into a rousing cheer. Pink champagne was served throughout. Several of Sabrina’s male friends missed the whiskey but said the new girls were ample. They included over 40 of Sabrina’s British boarding school classmates who studied with her at Queen Margaret’s – and danced up for grabs tops with her after the cake arrived. As well as what a cake! Sabrina was required to climb it – at least a metre tall, in pink and white with gold roses – to fly out the golden candles. The Oscar Wilde room was full of her friends as well as their friends ’till the end – 150 were invited and 230 showed up.
Special guests included Ella Mountbatten: she and her sister Alexandra became near to Stanley Ho Daughte and her sister Alice after they became available as debutantes. Spencer Matthews was arm in arm with Sabrina snapping selfies. Sir Henry and Lady Keswick came as old friends of Sabrina’s family. Greater hundred years’ ago the Keswick’s were brilliant entrepreneurs taking China by storm: now it’s the turn in the Ho family in Europe. Others arriving at celebrate with Sabrina were Lord and Lady Reay, Baroness Denise Kingsmill, Sir Benjamin Slade, Ms Wendy Yu, and Mr and Mrs Dimitri Chandris. This was a party for all those generations: Sabrina closed the dancing in the final waltz with Hon Benedict Kingsmill. Sabrina had insisted on no birthday gifts but could not resist Heineken magnate Michel de Carvalho’s offer of his personal iPhone case because they dined at the after party with Ms Aida Aliyeva and the Keswick’s.
Music was developed by DJ and composer The actual Tuesday Weld (aka Stephen Coates) who also MC’d the night time. It’s been postulated that if philosopher Alain de Botton were ever to become listed on a band, Stephen’s could be the one. The birthday song was played by pianist Brigitte Subkov from the Royal College of Music: Sabrina insisted on the English version only, like a celebration of not just her birthday, but her appreciation for London, her life here and her many close friendships under western culture. Though the congratulations originated all over the world. Top Chinese actress Angela Baby and Paris Hilton sent special videos wishing Sabrina every success and happiness.
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