Cliveden For Sale: Tea For Two And A Sex Story To Chew On
ANY historian looking for a sign of how economic times have changed could do worse than look the von Essen Hotels group, which has collapsed into administration. The group includes the country house venue of braying media types, hob knobs and Surrey-based brokers, Cliveden House in Berkshire.
Earlier this month, Cliveden, once home to Nancy Astor and venue for the Profumo scandal, (oh for a super injunction, eh readers) introduced the world’s most expensive afternoon tea – £550 per couple.
Created by executive head chef Carlos Martinez, the tea includes white truffles at a £2,500 per kg, beluga caviar at a £4,000 per kg and Da Hong Pao tea, which is harvested from 1,000-year-old plants and costs over £2,000 per kg.
You can buy that. Or if you want something flashier that truly marks you out as a money-mad nutter, you can buy the tables, chairs, trays, chefs, swimming pool water and all other Cliveden stuff to go with it…
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Mr John Profumo, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and his wife, former actress Valerie Robson, arrive to be dinner party guests of Mrs John Ward at her home in Chester Street, London. The dinner party was also attended by Princess Margaret. * On 14 November 1998 it was announced that Miss Hobson, 81, who stood by her husband after his resignation from the Conservative government in 1963 over his affair with prostitute Christine Keeler, had died at a private London clinic after a heart attack. 21/01/01: Lord Denning ignored the evidence of Christine Keeler, the woman at the centre of the 1960s Profumo scandal, and then threatened her with prison in an attempt to cover up the truth, she claimed. Keeler makes the startling allegation in her autobiography, The Truth At Last, in which she also claims that John Profumo got her pregnant.
Posted: 21st, April 2011 | In: Money Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
