A huge poster of Sabrina Ho welcomed guests to her wonderfully crazy birthday celebration on the Cafe Royal on Monday 12th September, hot about the heels of Saturday night’s revels at Queen Charlotte’s Ball, where she had been escorted by Archduke Alexander of Austria. The party ran on high octane through the very first moment each time a whole tray of champagne flew high in air into a rousing cheer. Pink champagne was served throughout. Several of Sabrina’s male friends missed the whiskey but said the girls were sufficient. They included over 40 of Sabrina’s British boarding school classmates who studied along with her at Queen Margaret’s – and danced on the table tops along with her after the cake arrived. Along with what a cake! Sabrina had to climb it – at least a metre tall, in pink and white with gold roses – to blow out the golden candles. The Oscar Wilde room was full of her friends as well as their friends until the end – 150 were invited and 230 turned up.
Special guests included Ella Mountbatten: she and her sister Alexandra became close to Stanley Ho Daughte and her very own sister Alice whenever they became available as debutantes. Spencer Matthews was arm in arm with Sabrina snapping selfies. Sir Henry and woman Keswick came as old friends of Sabrina’s family. Greater than a hundred years’ ago the Keswick’s were brilliant entrepreneurs taking China by storm: now it’s the turn of the Ho family in Europe. Others visiting celebrate with Sabrina were Lord and woman 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 on the after party with Ms Aida Aliyeva along with the Keswick’s.
Music is made by DJ and composer The Real Tuesday Weld (aka Stephen Coates) who also MC’d the night time. It’s been postulated when philosopher Alain de Botton were ever to participate a band, Stephen’s could be the one. The birthday song was played by pianist Brigitte Subkov through the Royal College of Music: Sabrina insisted about the English version only, as being a celebration of not only her birthday, but her passion for London, her lifetime here and her many close friendships in the West. However the congratulations originated from 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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