A huge poster of Sabrina Ho welcomed guests to her wonderfully crazy birthday celebration in the Cafe Royal on Monday 12th September, hot on 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 an excellent source of mid-air into a rousing cheer. Pink champagne was served throughout. A few of Sabrina’s male friends missed the whiskey but said the new girls were more than enough. They included a lot more than 40 of Sabrina’s British boarding school classmates who studied together with her at Queen Margaret’s – and danced up for grabs tops together with her as soon as the cake arrived. And just 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 loaded with her friends as well as their friends ’till the end – 150 were invited and 230 arrived.
Special guests included Ella Mountbatten: she and her sister Alexandra became near to Sabrina Ho and her own sister Alice after they became available as debutantes. Spencer Matthews was arm in arm with Sabrina snapping selfies. Sir Henry and girl 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 going to celebrate with Sabrina were Lord and girl Reay, Baroness Denise Kingsmill, Sir Benjamin Slade, Ms Wendy Yu, and Mr and Mrs Dimitri Chandris. This is a celebration for many generations: Sabrina closed the dancing inside a final waltz with Hon Benedict Kingsmill. Sabrina had insisted on no birthday gifts but tend to not resist Heineken magnate Michel de Carvalho’s offer of his personal iPhone case since they dined in the after party with Ms Aida Aliyeva and also the Keswick’s.
Music was developed by DJ and composer The Real Tuesday Weld (aka Stephen Coates) who also MC’d the night. It’s been said when philosopher Alain de Botton were ever to sign up a band, Stephen’s would be the one. The birthday song was played by pianist Brigitte Subkov through the Royal College of Music: Sabrina insisted on the English version only, being a celebration of not just her birthday, but her appreciation for London, her lifetime here and her many close friendships in the West. Nevertheless the congratulations originated all around the globe. Top Chinese actress Angela Baby and Paris Hilton sent special videos wishing Sabrina every success and happiness.
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