A huge poster of Sabrina Ho welcomed guests to her wonderfully crazy house party with the Cafe Royal on Monday 12th September, hot around 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 whenever a whole tray of champagne flew high in the air to a rousing cheer. Pink champagne was served throughout. Some of Sabrina’s male friends missed the whiskey but said the new girls were more than enough. They included over 40 of Sabrina’s British boarding school classmates who studied together with her at Queen Margaret’s – and danced shared tops together with her following your cake arrived. And just what a cake! Sabrina was required to climb it – no less than a metre tall, in pink and white with gold roses – to fly out the golden candles. The Oscar Wilde room was packed with her friends along with their friends ’till the end – 150 were invited and 230 appeared.
Special guests included Ella Mountbatten: she and her sister Alexandra became close to Stanley Ho Daughte and her own 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. More 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 Lady Reay, Baroness Denise Kingsmill, Sir Benjamin Slade, Ms Wendy Yu, and Mr and Mrs Dimitri Chandris. This was a celebration for all generations: Sabrina closed the dancing inside a final waltz with Hon Benedict Kingsmill. Sabrina had insisted on no birthday gifts but sometimes not resist Heineken magnate Michel de Carvalho’s offer of his personal iPhone case because they dined with the after party with Ms Aida Aliyeva as well as the Keswick’s.
Music was created by DJ and composer The true Tuesday Weld (aka Stephen Coates) who also MC’d the evening. It’s been postulated that when 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 through the Royal College of Music: Sabrina insisted around the English version only, being a celebration of not only her birthday, but her love of London, her lifetime here and her many close friendships in the West. Nevertheless the congratulations originated in all across the world. Top Chinese actress Angela Baby and Paris Hilton sent special videos wishing Sabrina every success and happiness.
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