Mayfair – 20th March, 2004

The fact that nearly everyone wore black to the RAPt (Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust) fundraising dinner at Tamarind did nothing to dampen the evening’s high spirits. While Richard E. Grant chatted away to Saffron Aldridge, Trinny Woodall looked almost as radiant as her husband, proud new father Johnny Elichaoff. The raffle prizes were original: Hollywood memorabilia, silver Bulgari goblets and the chance to be an extra in the new Bridget Jones flick (the only prize Toby Young bid for). But the raciest item had to be Alison Jackson’s photograph of ‘the Queen’ watching a stallion covering a mare. It was auctioned off to Zoe Appleyard’s fiancé, Escada heir Sven Ley, amid lout mutterings of ‘But where will they hang it?’ After dinner, a jolly core crowd moved onto Annabel’s, dancing on the tiny starlit floor until dawn- high excitement for a school night.