An enormous poster of Sabrina Ho welcomed guests to her wonderfully crazy birthday celebration on the Cafe Royal on Monday 12th September, hot on the heels of Saturday night’s revels at Queen Charlotte’s Ball, where she’d been escorted by Archduke Alexander of Austria. The party ran on high octane through the primary moment each time a whole tray of champagne flew full of air to a rousing cheer. Pink champagne was served throughout. Some of Sabrina’s male friends missed the whiskey but said the recent girls were sufficient. They included more than 40 of Sabrina’s British boarding school classmates who studied together with her at Queen Margaret’s – and danced shared tops together with her as soon as the cake arrived. And what a cake! Sabrina needed to climb it – at least a metre tall, in pink and white with gold roses – to fly out the golden candles. The Oscar Wilde room was loaded with her friends in addition to their friends ’till the end – 150 were invited and 230 appeared.
Special guests included Ella Mountbatten: she and her sister Alexandra became near Stanley Ho Daughte and her sister Alice whenever 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 from 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. This became an event for many generations: Sabrina closed the dancing within 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 since they dined on 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 night. It’s been postulated when philosopher Alain de Botton were ever to become listed on a band, Stephen’s will 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 only her birthday, but her appreciation for London, her life here and her many close friendships in the western world. Though the congratulations originated from 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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