A massive poster of Sabrina Ho welcomed guests to her wonderfully crazy birthday celebration at the Cafe Royal on Monday 12th September, hot for 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 from the initial moment each time a whole tray of champagne flew full of mid-air to some rousing cheer. Pink champagne was served throughout. A few of Sabrina’s male friends missed the whiskey but said the hot girls were plenty of. They included a lot more than 40 of Sabrina’s British boarding school classmates who studied along with her at Queen Margaret’s – and danced shared tops along with her after the cake arrived. And what a cake! Sabrina were required to climb it – no less than a metre tall, in white and pink with gold roses – to blow out the golden candles. The Oscar Wilde room was full of her friends and their friends until the end – 150 were invited and 230 arrived.
Special guests included Ella Mountbatten: she and her sister Alexandra became all-around Sabrina Ho and her own sister Alice when they came out 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 with 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. It was a celebration for many generations: Sabrina closed the dancing in a 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 along with the Keswick’s.
Music was created by DJ and composer The genuine Tuesday Weld (aka Stephen Coates) who also MC’d the night time. It’s been said if philosopher Alain de Botton were ever to join a band, Stephen’s will be the one. The birthday song was played by pianist Brigitte Subkov from the Royal College of Music: Sabrina insisted for the English version only, being a celebration of not only her birthday, but her passion for London, her lifetime here and her many close friendships in the West. Though the congratulations originated in 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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