The Social Rise of Russian Scion Evgeny Lebedev
It was the party of 2006, a pre-recessionary bacchanal on the lawns of Althorp, the ancestral home and resting place of Princess Diana. It had a Russian theme: Cossack horsemen galloped beyond the ha-ha. A bejeweled camel ambled across the parterre. Kirov-esque ballerinas pirouetted on pedestals upholstered in silk. Guests included Salman Rushdie, who made an unlikely dance partner for Claire Danes. Tracey Emin sipped Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque from a gold-rimmed flute alongside Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother. Joseph Fiennes and Orlando Bloom mingled with a Getty and a Rothschild. The...
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