Celebrity guests Michael Buble, Lord William Hague and Go-Compare’s Wynne Evans gave thanks to Lord Ashcroft at his 70th birthday party
There were plenty of famous faces extremely happy to be at Lord Ashcroft’s 70th Birthday party last weekend.
Michael Buble, William Hague and Katherine Jenkins were just a few who entertained at the do on Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel. The Capitalist wonders if Lord Hague isn’t getting a bit tired of the Mayfair hotel; he was entertaining CEOs at PwC’s publicly listed company awards at the same venue only last week. Mind you, his pay-cheque must have brought some comfort.
A loose-tongued exec familiar with the matter said Hague “definitely didn’t come cheap” as the PLC Awards’ special guest. City PM also hears that stars at Ashcroft's do were paid eyebrow-raising five-figure sums.
Another familiar face that some were less pleased to see was Wynne Evans, the infamously irritating Pavarotti-impersonator in Go Compare’s TV ads.
The Capitalist’s mole at the party says the singer led a grandiose cover of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Modern Major-General song, with new lyrics turning it into a tribute to Ashcroft and his wonderful achievements.
“He tries to touch the feelings of so many people’s minds and hearts, He is the very model of a modern man of many parts” was just one excerpt from the re-write, repeated three times after five separate verses. Pass the bucket…