How quickly one forgets! The sweetness of life in London, come June, that is. Let’s start with the good news: Fort Belvedere. It was built as a folly in Windsor Great Park in 1755 by the second Duke of Cumberland, and enlarged by George IV who lent it the appearance of a fort. Edward VIII used it as a refuge to parry prurient types looking into his…er, sex life with Mrs Ward and Mrs Simpson. Just as well. Those were the good old pre-Murdochian days, and the less dirty minds knew, the better. More about Murdoch and privacy laws later on, but now for the party which I’m afraid has put all parties to shame, at least for another couple of hundred years.
Galen Weston is the Canadian billionaire who, unlike most very rich people I know, is a hell of an athlete. A good polo player, he also excels in tennis and golf –top amateur in both – his only weakness being that he’s a very nice, unpretentious fellow.
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