Nicky Haslam:  “I hardly need to tell you, of all people, how magically mind-blowing the party was; how it started, grew, crescendoed, whizzed and fizzed entirely due to the perfection of your arrangements, management and skill.”

The event received extensive press coverage and the BBC commissioned a documentary about the Ball to be screened in November 2009.

“The event of the year” The Times
“The event of the century” The Daily Telegraph
“The best party anyone can remember in years” Tatler