article_snippet: a glittering occasion swarming with the super rich.
article_snippet: The most recent ball – at the Grosvenor House Hotel on exclusive Park Lane – attracted criticism because the wealthy donors included porn barons and tax avoiders.
article_snippet: Tables for ten at the February event cost up to £15,000 each, while the minimum price for a single ticket was £500.
article_snippet: Dinner was scheduled to go on for three-and-a-half hours with speeches by Mr Cameron and the Conservative chairman Lord Feldman.
article_snippet: Guests could bid to go shoe shopping with Home Secretary Theresa May, have a cup of tea with Boris Johnson, go for a 10km run with Iain Duncan Smith, or have a week in a luxury chalet in Switzerland.
article_snippet: In the final big fundraiser ahead of the general election, £210,000 was spent on a bronze bust of Margaret Thatcher and £220,000 was bid for a week-long holiday in a Spanish fortress.
article_snippet: One of the paying guests forked out £110,000 at the auction for a single night’s exclusive use of Annabel’s nightclub.