Summary
THE LATEST issue of Vanity Fair has transmogrified into Hello! The magazine features a long interview with interior designer Nicky Haslam to promote his forthcoming memoir. "Haslam is certainly the most ubiquitous man in London society, perhaps the most famous man- about-town in London history, at least since Sir Francis Drake," gushes the article. "As of April, his latest sobfest was after reading Barack Obama's speech about race. 'Absolute floods,' he reports, working his morning Bloody Mary at his country retreat, in Hampshire, where he's dressed in a cardigan, riding pants, and high boots, despite the lack of horses..." Haslam, it transpires, wants to invite the Queen to a party in October to celebrate his 69th birthday. "Do you think I dare ask the Queen?" asks Haslam.
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A Queen's Counsel ; the Londoner's Diary
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