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Red meat, no lettuce: Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend private lunch after week of Tory defections

Meal at Mayfair club took place on day Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick criticised former PM’s mini-budget

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24

‘It’s rather rude’: Truss accused of trying to poach members of rival Tory club

Former prime minister allegedly wandering 5 Hertford Street to find members for her Mayfair club a street away

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson 'no longer welcome' at London's swankiest club Annabel's

The ex-couple’s two daughters are both members of the exclusive Mayfair club

Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2025

Party central: inside the Mayfair club where Reform plotted to take on ‘the establishment’

Last week Nigel Farage raised more than £1m at Oswald’s – one of London’s private members’ clubs beloved of Brexiters

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025

Inside the elite private members' clubs beloved by UK politicians

Welcome to London's Clubland, where men-only rules and strict dress codes still draw top politicians

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2024

Annabel’s at 60: Sex, celebrity and a legacy of unbridled joy

Flashbulbs lit up Berkeley Square last night as stars gathered to celebrate a landmark birthday of one of the capital’s most famous nightclubs. David Ellis reports on the occasion and raises a glass to its sensational ground-breaking history

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2023