The Nicholas Knatchbull Memorial Dinner

On December 15th 2004 at 6pm at St James’s Palace, HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duke of York attended a reception before the Nicholas Knatchbull Memorial Dinner. Following the departure of the Princes, there was a dinner in the Palace for 180 guests drawn from the business community. The speakers were Timothy Knatchbull, Sir Howard Stringer (Chairman of the Sony Corporation of America, and himself a Dragon School parent), Mairi Eastwood (Dragon School governor), and the dinner chairman, one of Nicholas’ Dragon School friends, Mark Esiri, Chairman of King Street Partners. Another of Nicholas’ friends, Harry Dalmeny, chairman of Sotheby’s Olympia, conducted an auction of 7 unique items.

The evening produced a net profit for the charity of £200,000 on the night. In the following days, pledges from guests amounting to a further £150,000 were received. Donations are still welcomed, please see our home page, or contact:

HRH The Prince of Wales, Sir David Frost and Sir Howard Stringer

HRH with Gary Ralfe, CEO of De Beers, and former Dragon School stooge, and Mrs Ralfe