Staged to celebrate the college’s international scholarship programme, some 250 guests attended an open-air reception at Hampton Court Palace…
Where the Band of the Scots Guards played in the Fountain Court lit by 20 flambeaux and 550 specially positioned night lights…
Port and cheese canapés were served prior to a tour of the palace, toasts and speeches…
Followed by a lone piper playing high on the roof…
Which was the signal for guests to depart and return to the hotel accommodation we had arranged on their behalf…