On Saturday night it was my favourite auction of the year. The Make-A-Wish charity grants wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses - maybe they want to be a policeman or a princess for the day, meet their favourite characters at Disney World, or spend the day with the Red Arrows.
Once again, the Dorchester was packed out; the auction raised £214,000, and the whole evening raised more than half a million pounds for this wonderful charity. Leslie Rose and Graeme Sands deserve great praise for their outstanding organisation, year in year out, and many charities would be wise to attend next year's Ball to see for themselves how it should be done. My hammer broke on the opening bid - there has to be a first time - and a very generous man in the front row bid a thousand pounds for it, despite the fact that I told him I had dozens made for me each year, and they cost £14.00 each - but then that's the type of evening it is.
Once again, the Dorchester was packed out; the auction raised £214,000, and the whole evening raised more than half a million pounds for this wonderful charity. Leslie Rose and Graeme Sands deserve great praise for their outstanding organisation, year in year out, and many charities would be wise to attend next year's Ball to see for themselves how it should be done. My hammer broke on the opening bid - there has to be a first time - and a very generous man in the front row bid a thousand pounds for it, despite the fact that I told him I had dozens made for me each year, and they cost £14.00 each - but then that's the type of evening it is.
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